Donald Trump is again railing against Big Tech, accusing both Meta and Google of censoring content about him in “another attempt at RIGGING THE ELECTION!!!”
In a post Tuesday on Truth Social, Trump referenced a photo taken after his assassination attempt that a Facebook communications exec previously acknowledged had been mistakenly fact-checked across the social network.
The exec, Dani Lever, confirmed on X that an error occurred.
“This fact check was initially applied to a doctored photo showing the secret service agents smiling,” she wrote on X, “and in some cases our systems incorrectly applied that fact check to the real photo.”
Musk reposted several users on X who said Google searches for “Donald Trump” had returned a prominent section labeled “News about Harris • Donald Trump.”
Musk and other Trump allies — including Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., as well as Senator Ted Cruz — have also criticized Google over allegations that a search for “assassination attempt on” did not suggest Trump’s name as an autocomplete option, Fortune reports.
Google told the outlet that autocomplete has protections against “predictions associated with political violence, which were working as intended prior to this horrific event occurring.”
The search giant added it was “working on improvements to ensure our systems are more up-to-date.”
A Google spokesperson directed Business Insider to a thread on X, where the company denied “‘censoring’ or ‘banning’ particular terms.”
While it noted it was rolling out certain improvements and updates because “bugs will occur,” it also took a dig at X.
“Many platforms, including the one we’re posting on now, will show strange or incomplete predictions at various times,” the company wrote. “For our part, when issues come up, we will make improvements so you can find what you’re looking for, quickly and easily.”
