Sen. Marshall: Google Is 'Using Algorithms to Campaign Against Trump
Sen. Roger Marshall says he will launch an investigation into Google after the search engine suppressed content related to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.\xa0\n\nGoogle is \u201cno longer functioning as a search engine that just assimilates\u201d information, says Marshall, R-Kan., \u201cbut now they're using algorithms to campaign against President Trump.\u201d\xa0\n\nInitiating a Google search of \u201cassassination attempt on president,\u201d quickly reveals that Trump\u2019s name is not within the autofill of suggested searches, although former Presidents Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan are.\xa0\n\nGoogle enjoys legal protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Those protections shield Google and other platforms, such as Facebook and X, from civil liability for the content users of the platform generate. But if Google wants to act as a publisher, like a news outlet, they should not enjoy Section 230 protections, Marshall says.\xa0\n\nThe Kansas Republican is calling on Google to explain what he regards as content suppression, but says he thinks that \u201cif we had a strong commander in chief, that they would be intervening already.\u201d\n\nMarshall joins \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to discuss the investigation into what he asserts is Google\u2019s content suppression.\xa0\n\nMarshall also weighs in on the plea deal reached with three terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, described as the mastermind of the attacks. The deal takes the death penalty off the table for the terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for them pleading guilty to a number of charges, including the murders of nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001.\n\nThe Kansas lawmaker explains why he thinks the deal is a \u201cslap in the face\u201d to the men and women who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, and all who still suffer from physical injuries because of the terrorist attacks.\xa0\n\nEnjoy the show!