The US Republican presidential candidate has accused the search engine of unfairly favoring his Democratic rival, VP Kamala Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed to take Google to court if he is reelected this November, accusing the tech giant of deliberately showing negative stories about him and favoring his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a post on Truth Social, Trump expressed hope that the Department of Justice will criminally prosecute Alphabet\u2019s Google for the \u201cblatant Interference of elections,\u201d adding that he will \u201crequest their prosecution\u201d if he is reelected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J Trump, some made up for this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris,\u201d the former president said in the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this month, the Media Research Center, a conservative media watchdog, released a study suggesting that Google has featured Harris\u2019 campaign website in a more favorable location in its search results than the Trump campaign\u2019s official site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tech giant dismissed the findings, saying it does not manipulate search results to benefit a particular party. A Google spokesperson told Fox News Digital at the time: \u201cBoth campaign websites consistently appear at the top of Search for relevant and common search queries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump previously attacked the tech company, claiming that it prioritizes \u201cfake news\u201d in its search results, which are \u201crigged\u201d against him and other conservatives. Google denied the allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In July, US tech billionaire Elon Musk accused the company of being biased against the Republican candidate. He shared a screenshot of a page in which the query \u2018President Donald\u2019 was typed into the search bar. The capture demonstrated how Google\u2019s autocomplete feature, which provides suggestions based on the words typed, did not offer \u2018President Donald Trump\u2019, but instead showed \u2018President Donald Duck\u2019 and \u2018President Donald Reagan\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, a Google representative told NBC News that the autocomplete feature was experiencing issues that day, adding that the company was \u201clooking into these anomalies and working on improvements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n