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A big tech company is under fire after it reportedly scrapped search results for the would-be assassination of former President Donald Trump, resulting in the Senate launching an investigation into the matter.
GooglereportedlyfailedtopopulatedesiredsearchresultswhenuserstriedsearchingfortheJuly13failedassassinationattemptandinsteadfoundrecommendedsearchresults forotherhigh-profilefigureswhofacedsimilarattacks.
ThefailedassassinationofRonaldReaganandformerPresidentGeraldFord.TheassassinationofArchdukeFerdinandandtheshootingofBobMarleycanallbefoundonthewebsite.However,nosearchresultsofthemostrecentattemptedassassinationinvolvingTrumpcouldnotbepopulated.
Theformerpresident’sson,DonaldTrumpJr.,hasaccusedGoogleofsuppressingsearchresultsforhisfather’sattemptedassassinationandinterferingwiththe2024election.
Sen.RogerMarshall(R-Kan.)promisedtomakean“officialinquiry”intoGoogle,questioningthemotivesbehindthemove.
Inaddition,RepublicanRep.ChipRoy(R-TX)didhisownresearchandverifiedthattherumorsweretr