Trump vows to sic courts on Google for 'bad stories' if he wins election

Former US president Donald Trump said on Friday that he will seek legal action against Google if he defeats Kamala Harris on November 5th – claiming the tech giant purposefully only shows “bad stories” about him.

The 45th US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate posted the edict on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday, accusing Google of blatant “election interference.”

"It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump,” the post said, also claiming Google had “some made up for this purpose.”

Trump went on to say that “at the same time, [Google was] only revealing good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris,” his rival and Democratic presidential candidate.

“This is an ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, and hopefully the Justice Department will criminally prosecute them for this blatant Interference of Elections," Trump posted, without showing any proof or visual examples.

“If not, and subject to the Laws of our Country, I will request their prosecution, at the maximum levels, when I win the Election, and become President of the United States!" he concluded the post.

It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made up for this purpose while, at the same time, only revealing good stories about Comrade Kamala Harris. This is an ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, and…

undefined Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) September 27, 2024

Trump made a similar claim about Google in 2019, in a series of “tweets” on the platform formally known as Twitter, according to the Washington Post.

At the time, Trump charged that Google favored negative news stories about him in the 2016 presidential election, the Post reported. Google dismissed the allegations as untrue.

Various Trump supporters revived the allegations after the presidential nominee survived an assassination attempt by a lone shooter at a Republican rally in Pennsylvania on July 13th.

Days later, social media was rife with accusations against Google for implementing a search ban on Trump and the failed assassination.

“Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris. We all know this is intentional election interference from Google. Truly despicable,” Donald Trump Jr. posted on X July 28th, along with a sample of his Google search results.

Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris. We all know this is intentional election interference from Google. Truly despicable. https://t.co/gWDbFGaHI7

undefined Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 28, 2024

Joining in on the vocal uproar was US Senator Dr. Roger Marshall, who also wrote a scathing post on X, as well as the platform’s owner and CEO Elon Musk, who bought Twitter in October 2022, well after the 2016 elections.

Google responded to those claims in its Google post on X, categorically denying that its “Search is ‘censoring’ or ‘banning’ particular terms.”

“That’s not happening, and we want to set the record straight,” Google said at the time. Google has not commented on Trump's latest threats to seek legal action.

Meta Platforms was also accused of similar censorship of the Trump assassination attempt, in which the social media giant blamed the gaff on AI hallucinations and incorrect image labeling of the shooting.

Musk was ironically accused this week of blocking links on X of hacked documents leaked about Trump’s Vice Presidential running mate JD Vance allegedly stolen in August.