Google CEO Will Testify Before US House on Bias Accusations (reuters.com)

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in November, following the midterm elections. He met with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other senior Republicans Friday to discuss accusations that Google is biased against conservatives (a charge the company has denied). From a report: "I think we've really shown that there is bias, which is human nature, but you have to have transparency and fairness," McCarthy said. "As big tech's business grows, we have not had enough transparency and that has led to an erosion of trust and, perhaps worse, harm to consumers." Alphabet's Google unit has repeatedly denied accusations of bias against conservatives. Pichai left the meeting without comment. Pichai wrote in an internal email last week that suggestions that Google would interfere in search results for political reasons were "absolutely false. We do not bias our products to favor any political agenda." [...] Asked if Republicans will push to break up Google, McCarthy said: "I don"t see that." He said the hearing will look at privacy, bias issues, China and other matters.

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Re:Why does google have to be bias free?

[TheGratefulNet]

the R's are at their worst time in history, with the worst president ever known to mankind; they are desparate to deflect and to try to keep their base happy.

there is no other reason. none. grandstanding is a fucking waste of time when real shit has to be dealt with. but like I said, they don't want to have light shine on their bad shit, so they change the subject whenever they can.

basically, this specific thing is 'waaah! you are hurting our base's feelings!'. yeah, well, grow a pair of balls, you fuckwads. time to reap what you have been sowing the past few years.