Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees ahead of Election Day to make sure “the products we build” are “a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief.”
“As with other elections, the outcome will be a major topic of conversation in living rooms and other places around the world,” Pichai said in an internal memo on November 4th obtained by The Verge and first reported on by The Washington Post. “And of course, the outcome will have important consequences.”
“Whomever the voters entrust, let’s remember the role we play at work, through the products we build and as a business: to be a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief. We will and must maintain that.”
Naturally, Google has already had to contend with accusations of bias before the polls even close. Earlier on Tuesday, Elon Musk amplified a theory that Google was intentionally hiding a map of polling places from Trump voters while showing the map to those who searched “where can I vote for Harris.” The claim compelled Google to say that it had fixed a bug that displayed its polling map for searches with “Harris” and not Trump because her last name is also the name of a county in Texas.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24289170/google-ceo-election-memo-employees-trump-harris