Google Silences Conservative Media
Snippet of Article: "focusing on traditional media and academia, policymakers may be missing the real source of influence over the American mind: Silicon Valley.
Specifically, search engines and platforms with global reach are shaping political discourse far more aggressively—and covertly—than any publicly funded outlet...
In one widely reported leak, former Google software engineer Zach Vorhies released hundreds of internal documents from a major tech firm, exposing tactics like keyword blacklists and algorithmic suppression of certain news sites. Among the targets were conservative outlets that routinely ranked lower than their audience size or relevance would suggest. ...search rankings—such as which articles appear first—could shift undecided voters’ choices by significant margins. "