{"id":2315486,"date":"2024-07-29T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-denies-using-manual-action-to-remove-trump-assassination-attempt-from-suggested-search-results-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T13:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:30:37","slug":"google-denies-using-manual-action-to-remove-trump-assassination-attempt-from-suggested-search-results-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-denies-using-manual-action-to-remove-trump-assassination-attempt-from-suggested-search-results-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Google denies using \u2018manual action\u2019 to remove Trump assassination attempt from suggested search results &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgoogle-denies-using-manual-action-to-remove-trump-assassination-attempt-from-suggested-search-results-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-motionless-at-swanky-fundraiser-and-gets-led-offstage-by-obama-white-house-responds\/\" title=\"Biden Becomes Unresponsive at High-End Fundraiser, Escorted Offstage by Obama - White House Issues Statement\">article discusses allegations<\/a> \u2063from\u200d some Republicans that \u200bGoogle \u2063is censoring search results regarding \u200can assassination attempt on\u2063 former President Donald Trump. They have noted that \u2063when searching \u2064for &#8220;assassination attempt,&#8221; Trump&#8217;s name \u200cdoes not appear in the auto-suggested terms, unlike other historical \u2062attempts, such as those on President Harry S. Truman. Critics, including Trump&#8217;s \u2062son Donald Trump Jr. and Senator Roger Marshall,\u200b claim \u200bthis may\u200d represent\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turley-savages-jack-smith-lays-out-the-truth-about-his-narrowly-tailored-gag-order\/\" title=\"Turley criticizes Jack Smith, reveals truth on his restrictive gag order.\">intentional election interference<\/a> to benefit Kamala Harris. They are calling for inquiries into Google&#8217;s alleged suppression of \u200dthis \u2064particular news. A Google spokesperson responded to these claims, but specific details\u2064 were not provided in the excerpt.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Google denies using &lsquo;manual action&rsquo; to remove Trump assassination attempt from suggested search results<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1715681\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> are asking why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Google<\/a>&lsquo;s auto-populated search terms aren&rsquo;t suggesting the shooting of former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> when users search for &ldquo;attempted assassination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When someone goes to Google to search &ldquo;assassination attempt,&rdquo; despite Trump being the most recent victim of such violence, his name isn&rsquo;t suggested as one of the search results. Other assassination attempts of presidents and politicians, such as President Harry S. Truman&rsquo;s in 1950, are common search suggestions. Some Republicans believe Google is censoring the event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris. We all know this is intentional election interference from Google. Truly despicable,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s son, Donald Trump Jr., <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1817581431243395237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1817581431243395237%7Ctwgr%5Ec64e297621773a1737667602754c237795f9b286%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fgoogle-blocking-donald-trump-assassination-attempt-pennsylvania-1931338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why is Google suppressing the search about the Trump assassination attempt? These are all screenshots from this morning. Has there been a dramatic increase in Truman biographers in the last two weeks?&rdquo; Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RogerMarshallMD\/status\/1817633973385724239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X. He said he would be making an &ldquo;official inquiry&rdquo; into the alleged censorship this week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Google?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Google<\/a> suppressing the search about the Trump assassination attempt? These are all screenshots from this morning. Has there been a dramatic increase in Truman biographers in the last two weeks? <\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll be making an official inquiry into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Google?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@google<\/a> this week &ndash; I look forward&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GD5SOvvcdX\">pic.twitter.com\/GD5SOvvcdX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RogerMarshallMD\/status\/1817633973385724239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A spokesman from Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/google-blocking-donald-trump-assassination-attempt-pennsylvania-1931338#:~:text=A%20number%20of%20Republican%20figures,'re%20working%20on%20improvements.%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Newsweek<\/em> that &ldquo;autocomplete is just a tool to help people save time, and they can still search for anything they want to. Following this terrible act, people turned to Google to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-left-is-trying-to-memory-hole-trumps-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"The Left Is Trying To Memory-Hole Trump&#039;s Assassination Attempt\">find high quality information &#038;mdash<\/a>; we connected them with helpful results, and will continue to do so.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot of Google auto-generated search terms related to former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s assassination attempt as of July 29, 2024. (Screenshot\/Google Search)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Google said the company has protections against autocomplete predictions that are associated with political violence, which were &ldquo;working as intended prior to this horrific event occurring&rdquo; in Butler County, Pennsylvania. It denied any reports of &ldquo;manual action&rdquo; on the autocomplete predictions surrounding the assassination attempt of Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re working on improvements to ensure our systems are more up to date,&rdquo; the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Google for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1715681\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1715681\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has refuted claims that it employed &#8216;manual action&#8217; to exclude the Trump assassination attempt from its suggested search results. Republicans are questioning why Google&#8217;s autocomplete feature does not include Trump&#8217;s name when users search for &#8220;attempted assassination,&#8221; even though he is the most recent target of such violence. In contrast, other historical attempts on presidents, like Harry S. Truman&#8217;s in 1950, appear as common suggestions. Some Republican figures suspect that Google is censoring this incident. Donald Trump Jr. expressed his concerns on X, stating that &#8220;Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris&#8221; and questioned why Google was downplaying searches related to Trump&#8217;s assassination attempt. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) also voiced his intention to investigate this alleged censorship further.<\/p>\n<p>A Google spokesperson explained to Newsweek that autocomplete serves merely as a time-saving tool and emphasized that users can still search for any topic they wish. Following the violent incident in Butler County, Pennsylvania, people sought reliable information through Google, which aimed to provide helpful results without any manual intervention regarding predictions linked to political violence.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that protections against autocomplete suggestions related to political violence were functioning correctly before the tragic event occurred and mentioned ongoing efforts for system improvements while denying any reports of deliberate manipulation of search predictions concerning Trump&#8217;s assassination attempt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2315487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-attended-to-after-shooting.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34943,6063,36541,36542,3634],"class_list":["post-2315486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-google","tag-manual-action","tag-search-results","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-attended-to-after-shooting.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}