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Google blames ‘bug’ for Trump absence from ‘presidential candidates’ search results

on Jul 28, 2016 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Google has been forced to implement an urgent update to its search algorithm following complaints that a search for ‘presidential candidates’ failed to return the name of Donald Trump, who is heading the Republican ticket.

The incomplete search query returned the names of Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton at the top of the results with Bernie Sanders and even Green Party candidate Jill Stein also earning a mention, although Trump was nowhere to be seen.

This discrepancy immediately drew criticism of left-wing bias at Google but the tech giant insisted that the lapse was merely the consequence of a ‘technical bug’ in the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum