Google announced Tuesday that a user’s search query “Where can I vote for Harris” will generate an interactive map tool to help find a polling place, while the query “Where can I vote for Trump” will generate such an interactive map tool? They claimed to have fixed the problem for which they had no benefit. The search giant said the problem was caused by an algorithm that confused Vice President Kamala Harris’ last name with Harris County, Texas, where Houston is located.
“Harris is also the name of a county in (Texas), so the ‘Where to Vote’ panel is driving some specific searches,” the tech giant said in an X post.
“Update: This issue has now been fixed,” Google later added. Tests conducted by the Post confirmed this to be the case.
Many users on social media complained about the search giant. For example, technology guru Elon Musk asked his 203 million followers “Are other people watching this too?” and later posted a screen recording to X highlighting the issue. I cut it.
In particular, searching for “where you can vote for Kamala” did not produce an interactive map.
The interactive display appears to be supported by Democracy Works’ Voter Information Project, a nonprofit that works with tech companies and local governments to increase voter participation.
Big tech companies have come under intense scrutiny from conservatives who have complained in the past about the content moderation policies of platforms like Facebook.
Back in October 2020, Facebook and other social media platforms infamously suppressed the Post’s bombshell story on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
So far, Google’s PAC has spent more on Republicans ($355,500) than Democrats ($320,566) in House races this term, and in Senate races ($37,500), according to OpenSecrets data. ) appears to have donated more to the Democratic Party ($52,000) than to the Democratic Party ($52,000).
