US President Donald J. Trump lashed out at Google for what he claimed as an effort to make him look bad to the public, further threatening the home-grown tech company prosecution if it won't streamline its search results to show the administration in a positive light.
In his latest verbal tirade via Twitter, the POTUS said that the search results Google provide for "Trump News" is rigged for it to show "only the viewing/reporting of Fake News Media." According to the head of state, his research on the matter provided him with the insight that all Google gives are only relevant to the "left-wing."
Left-wing pertains to the liberal, socialist, or radical section of a political party or system.
He continues to rant out that Google is "suppressing voices of Conservatives," an ideology where Trump belongs to, adding that the company hides information and "news that is good."
He further explained that this apparent control of results doesn't only affect him but to others as well, condemning "almost all stories and news" to be "BAD." Trump singly pointed out CNN as a "fake" news outfit.
Trump said that "this is a very serious situation," a matter which, according to him "will be addressed!"
A subsequent report from BBC indicated Trump firing up on other tech firms such as Twitter and Facebook. He warned the three firms to be "very careful" as they are "treading on the troubled territory."
Speculations are now making rounds regarding the Trump's administration's initiative to regulate the internet, particularly Google. A statement cited over at the New York Times by Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council and a stalwart supporter of the President, hinted that this might be the case.
In an interview with the government official on Tuesday, Kudlow said that the agency together with the administration is already "taking a look" at the issue.
Google, on its part, clarified that its search service serves no purpose in setting "political agenda," adding that the company doesn't have a particular leaning towards any "political ideology."
Analysts concur that there is no basis for Trump's claims. Search results on Google, for example, are decided by a search algorithm, called by the company as PageRank. The computation to decide which page result to come first is in turn based on a plethora of factors known only by Google.
Moreover, search results can also be influenced by the user's previous browsing and search activities. This could have been the case with the President.
