Blank google search for President Donald Trump and a viral tweet from Elon Musk about the Google Search Election Interference controversy.

Google Search Election Interference Rumor

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Updated Jul 29, 2024 at 02:51PM EDT by Zach.

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Overview

Google Search Election Interference Rumor refers to an online controversy accusing Google of purportedly omitting search results related to the 2024 Donald Trump Rally Shooting. The company was accused by many of alleged election interference in late July 2024, sparking a series of posts on X / Twitter and Reddit from many Trump supporters, including a viral tweet by Elon Musk alleging that Google has "a search ban on President Donald Trump."

Background

Although is unclear who started the rumor, on July 28th, 2024, several X users and pages posted Google Search suggestion screenshots alleging the tool was being manipulated to "downplay Donald Trump’s assassination attempt" by not showing any phrases related to the 2024 attempted assassination of Donald Trump. For example, the X[1] page @DramaAlert shared one of the earliest viral mentions of the controversy (seen below), amassing more than 20,000 likes and 1,600 reposts in a day.


#Drama/Alert DramaAlert @DramaAlert Follow Google allegedly caught manipulating search results to allegedly down play Donald Trump's assassination attempt. Do you believe big tech is interfering with the election? !? Qassassination attempt on reagan Qassassination attempt on bob marley assassination attempt on lenin assassination attempt on gerald ford Qassassination attempt on truman Qassassination attempt on teddy roosevelt Qassassination attempt on william seward Qassassination attempt on franklin roosevelt Qassassination attempt on andrew johnson Qassassination attempt on robert fico Qassassination attempt on seward 1:39 PM Jul 28, 2024 لا لا لا ККККККККККК لا X

Developments

A few hours after the rumor started to spread on the internet, X CEO and entrepreneur Elon Musk[2] shared a screenshot of the Google Search suggestion "President Donald Duck," captioning it, "Wow, Google has a search ban on President Donald Trump! Election interference?" The tweet (seen below) amassed more than 556,000 likes and 95,000 reposts in a few hours.


Elon Musk @elonmusk. Follow Wow, Google has a search ban on President Donald Trump! Election interference? 10:32 president donald Qpresident donald duck president donald regan Ronald Reagan - 40th U.S. President 12:34 AM Jul 29, 2024 7 7 X

Online Reactions

Jokes and parodies related to Google's purported election interference theories became a viral topic on X in late July 2024. For example, on July 28th, 2024, X[3] user @jarvis_best posted a screenshot of a Google Search suggestion in which he wrote "assassination attempt on" but the results supposedly did not show any phrase related to 2024 Donald Trump Rally Shooting, which jarvis_best captioned with an ironic caption "Full on coverup." The tweet (seen below, left) amassed more than 2,100 likes and 280 reposts in a day.

Elon Musk's tweet showing the Google Search suggestion "President Donald Duck" sparked memes and parodies on the internet in the following days. For example, X[4] user @narf_alreves uploaded an AI art of Donald Trump as a duck (seen below, right) on July 29th, receiving roughly 20 likes and three reposts in a few hours.


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Redditors also shared Musk's tweet about the election interference rumors, like Redditor Leather-Bug3087[5] who posted a screenshot of Elon Musk's tweet to /r/facepalm on July 29th, 2024, captioning it, "Space Karen would like to speak to the manager of Google!" The post (seen below) received more than 1,200 upvotes and 175 comments in less than a day.


Enough MuskSpam Join Posted by Leather-Bug3087. Space Karen would like to speak to the manager of Google! Elon Musk @elonmusk X reddit Follow View on Reddit Wow, Google has a search ban on President Donald Trump! Election interference? 10:32 president donald Qpresident donald duck president donald regan Ronald Reagan - 40th U.S. President ✗ لا 7 9:34 PM 7/28/24 From Earth 2.4M Views 14K Reposts 1.3K Quotes 76K Likes 2.1K Bookmarks

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External References

[1] X – DramaAlert

[2] X – elonmusk

[3] X – jarvis_best

[4] X – narf_alreves

[5] Reddit – Open-Ad-9186

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