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From the New York Post: Google has acknowledged an issue that users have been flagging in which searches for “Where can I vote for Harris” produce an interactive map tool to find polling places, despite not doing the same for inquiries of “Where can I vote for Trump.”
“The ‘where to vote’ panel is triggering for some specific searches [because] Harris is also the name of a county in [Texas],” Google said in a statement.
“Fix is coming,” the search giant said, adding: “Note very few people actually search for voting places this way.”
The interactive display appears to have been sponsored by the Voter Information Project from Democracy Works.
Later Tuesday afternoon, Google announced the issue has been fixed.
However, news of the search tool’s bias toward Harris caused major concerns on social media when it was discovered.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 5, 2024
I just tried this and got the same result. This is actual election interference and the @RNCVoteProtect @GOP and @DonaldTrump should be calling the CEO of Google right now to demand that this be fixed instantly.
— AGuyinTexas (@a_guyin) November 5, 2024
BREAKING: Google shows a ‘Where to Vote’ section with a map for Kamala Harris, but not for Donald Trump.
Google is the biggest corporate donor to the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/ckCcd3ifza
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) November 5, 2024
Thanks for the clarification https://t.co/JReZUGiWF8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 5, 2024
Update: This is now fixed.
— News from Google (@NewsFromGoogle) November 5, 2024
More about this feature here: https://t.co/NGm1lXmI2F
— News from Google (@NewsFromGoogle) November 5, 2024
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