Axios, a news website funded by venture capitalists who also invest in the tech industry, ran an article casting doubt on concerns about political bias on the part of Google following the congressional testimony of its CEO, Sundar Pichai. Instead of focusing on the testimony of Pichai, chief executive of a monopolistic tech giant and the world’s second most valuable company, Axios instead opted to scrutinize Pichai’s scrutinizers.Axios offers a point-by-point analysis of issues raised by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, which questioned the Google CEO earlier today. But many of these “rebuttals” were just unsubstantiated disagreements. For example, one of Axios’ “counterpoints” to Republicans raising the findings of Dr. Robert Epstein, the psychologist studying the effect of search engines on election outcomes, is that “Google has disputed the study and insists that it does not rank search results in order to influence … [Read more...] about Bokhari: Axios Defends Google Following CEO Pichai’s Congressional Hearing
Rep. Matt Gaetz Slams Political Bias At Google, Urges Internal Investigation
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) urged Google CEO Sundar Pichai to launch an investigation into political bias today, citing Breitbart News’ recent exclusive report into anti-conservative activities in the company’s workforce. Pichai, who was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, faced a string of tough questions from Gaetz.“Have you ever launched an investigation into whether political bias is impacting the consumer experience?” asked Gaetz. Pichai responded that Google takes every allegation around conduct “seriously” and “looks into them.” Gaetz then brought up the internal “resist” group in Google, which Breitbart News reported on yesterday. “If there’s a ‘resist’ group — you know that the resist movement is a movement built to resist the agenda of President Trump — if there’s a ‘resist’ group within your company where groups of employees, not one, are getting together … [Read more...] about Rep. Matt Gaetz Slams Political Bias At Google, Urges Internal Investigation
Democrats erupt into laughter after Google CEO has to explain to Rep. Steve King that the ‘iPhone is made by a different company’ (GOOGL)
Nick Bastone, provided by Published 1:01 pm PST, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 FILE - In this June 8, 2018, file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. FILE - In this June 8, 2018, file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Image 1 of 17 FILE - In this June 8, 2018, file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. FILE - In this June 8, 2018, file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press Democrats erupt into … [Read more...] about Democrats erupt into laughter after Google CEO has to explain to Rep. Steve King that the ‘iPhone is made by a different company’ (GOOGL)
Sundar Pichai Testifies: The 5 Best Challenges Posed to Google’s CEO
Several Republican congressmen stood out during Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Tuesday. Breitbart News has pulled from its extensive coverage of the Google hearing in order to present the five best GOP representatives to question CEO Sundar Pichai on topics ranging from political bias to the tech giant’s reliance on Wikipedia.Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) questioned Pichai over Google’s political bias, citing the recent Breitbart News exclusive report which revealed a group of Google employees attempting to take down Breitbart News’ advertising. In their back-and-forth discussion, Gaetz repeatedly grilled Pichai, and asked questions like, “There is talk of suppressing conservative speech [by employees in Google], why wouldn’t that be something you would launch an internal investigation in, publish those reports, sanction those employees that may or may not engaged in proper conduct so we can … [Read more...] about Sundar Pichai Testifies: The 5 Best Challenges Posed to Google’s CEO
Google Gets Hearing It Wants As Lawmakers Focus On Fake Anti-Conservative Bias
POLITICS 12/11/2018 06:51 pm ET But underneath the nonsense, a bipartisan consensus emerged against the privacy status quo. By Paul Blumenthal Google CEO Sundar Pichai appeared before a congressional committee amid questions about the massive corporation’s market domination of online search and digital advertising, digital privacy practices, manipulation of search to favor its own products and whether it plans to produce a search engine for the Chinese market. Pichai instead spent a huge chunk of time answering questions based on the false premise that Google is biased against conservatives. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) wanted to know why Google search results for the Republican Party’s healthcare repeal bill were so negative. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) wanted answers for why his granddaughter saw a mean article about him on his iPhone, a product made by Apple. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) wanted Google to investigate its own employees for being liberal. Rep. Lamar … [Read more...] about Google Gets Hearing It Wants As Lawmakers Focus On Fake Anti-Conservative Bias