Republican lawmakers on Tuesday criticized Google during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over allegations of bias against and censorship of conservative groups on the tech giant’s platforms. Andy Parker testified on Tuesday that “the unimaginable pain felt” by his family “was amplified after the killer uploaded videos” of his 24-year-old daughter’s murder to YouTube. “Google can, and often does, control our discourse.”Cruz added: “The American people are subject to overt censorship and covert manipulation” by Google’s algorithm. He has worked to press Google to remove all footage of his daughter’s murder from its platform, with Google informing him that he could flag the content for removal. “In essence, they wanted me to watch my daughter’s murder and explain to a robot why it should be removed,” Parker said.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2019 22:04 UTC