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Fortune
Alena Botros

After Google’s CEO said it needs to be a ‘trusted source of information,’ its search is questioned for appearing to favor one candidate

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In an email to employees on Monday, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said regardless of who wins the presidential election, the company must be a “trusted source of information to people of every background and belief,” according to the Washington Post.

Interestingly enough, in late September, former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump threatened to prosecute Google if he were elected again. He claimed the tech giant “illegally” showed only “bad stories” about him and only “good” ones about Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, per the New York Times.

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