Google's search engine is more powerful in shaping politics than the tech company claims. Researchers found that the algorithm used by the leading search site in the world heavily favors Democratic candidates and the programming of the algorithm is a trade-secret.
Robert Epstein and Robert E. Robertson, a researcher at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and a professor at Northeastern University respectively, conducted an experiment in the months before the 2016 election. What they found was “stunning,” according to The Washington Times: “Google searches returned twice as many pro-Hillary Clinton news articles as Yahoo searches.” Additionally, pro-Clinton articles were heavily filtered to men and residents of blue states more so than women and residents of red states. In all cases, Clinton was the obvious favorite over Donald Trump.