By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Missouri’s Republican Lawyer Normal Andrew Bailey stated on Thursday he was launching an investigation into Google (NASDAQ:) over allegations that it was censoring conservative speech.
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Republicans have lengthy claimed an anti-conservative bias on social media platforms. Tech corporations have denied their platforms censor conservative voices.
Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who’s in a good race for the Nov. 5 presidential election in opposition to Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, stated final month he’ll search the prosecution of Google if he wins the election.
Trump and his supporters have alleged with out proof that Google searches displayed solely “bad stories” in regards to the former U.S. president.
KEY QUOTE
“I am launching an investigation into Google – the biggest search engine in America – for censoring conservative speech during the most consequential election in our nation’s history,” Bailey stated in a put up on social media platform X. His put up didn’t cite any instance or proof for his censorship declare.