Google CEO Sundar Pichai set to testify before Congress next week

[midian182]

Why it matters: Remember when Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress last April? Next week, it’ll be the turn of Google’s Sundar Pichai. The CEO is set to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on December 5^th to answer questions over the company’s alleged bias against conservatives.

Update (12/11): You can watch/replay Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Alphabet Inc. unit's social media practices below:

Back in August, Donald Trump accused Google of suppressing voices of Conservatives, calling its search results “rigged,” something the company vehemently denies.

....results on “Trump News” are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous. Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2018

While this will be Pichai’s first time before Congress, both he and Alphabet CEO Larry Page skipped a congressional hearing in September that was attended by Twitter boss Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. As a result, an empty chair was left on display with a “Google” nametag placed on it.

I'm sure they'll turn up soon

Pichai will almost certainly face more than just accusations of political bias. The company’s controversial Project Dragonfly—a custom, censored search engine for the Chinese market that also collects user data—will likely be one of the topics up for discussion. Vice President Mike Pence has already called for its cancelation, and it’s led to angry internal and open letters from employees, some of whom have quit over the project. It’s even caught the attention of Amnesty International, which is planning to stage worldwide protests.

Also on the agenda might be the recent walkouts by 20,000 Google workers—a protest against the sexual harassment and discrimination at the company. The incident compelled a UK Google contractor to speak out about his own experiences of discrimination and how Google allegedly failed to protect him.

Pichai may also have to answer questions about the massive Google+ bug that exposed hundreds of thousands of users’ information, and he can expect to be grilled over potential antitrust violations, something that's been a thorn in the company’s side in Europe for many years.

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[senketsu]

I hope the members of the House Judiciary Committee have prepared well and grill the **** out of Mr. Pichai.
No more 'we'll get back to you' answers or the answers that try to evade the question. Looking at you Mr. Zuckerberg..

 

[Reachable]

Of course there's no evidence -- or any rational reason to believe there could be -- of a bias against conservatives by Google. That's long been a Republican strategy, to flail away at the credibility of any detractor presenting truthful exposés.

There's thoroughly compelling evidence, however, that Google does suppress the actual left and the Libertarian Party right in their results. It's like a horseshoe, with the center of the iron bar -- mainstream Republicans and Democrats - allowed up front in lively argument while the rest of the bar gets bent into the background. Much like how the mainstream media operates.

 

[lipe123]

Lmfao @trump going "if you search 'trump news' its all bad"

No *bleep* genius ?! It's because everytime you open your mouth or tweet anything its pure stupidity and lies!

Also wooow not a congress hearing again, I bet this will be about as monumental as the Facebook one with questions like:
"What is the internets"
"Can I see the same trump results on my wifis of the internets as I can see on my ipad"
Etc etc..
Bunch of old men with no clue about tech asking stupid questions.

 

[Brock Kane]

Lmfao @trump going "if you search 'trump news' its all bad"

No *bleep* genius ?! It's because everytime you open your mouth or tweet anything its pure stupidity and lies!

Also wooow not a congress hearing again, I bet this will be about as monumental as the Facebook one with questions like:
"What is the internets"
"Can I see the same trump results on my wifis of the internets as I can see on my ipad"
Etc etc..
Bunch of old men with no clue about tech asking stupid questions.

Well, if you're a Trump hater you see what you want to see. But he's right! Social media is very bias! By your angry response. Only means that you know he's right. Being angry only to hide your real fear, that Trump may be absolutely correct! Bet you support CNN!

I noticed in your rant, you mentioned "Bunch of old men" but you forgot the one word that liberals love to use in that phrase - white.

 

[lipe123]

Well, if you're a Trump hater you see what you want to see. But he's right! Social media is very bias! By your angry response. Only means that you know he's right. Being angry only to hide your real fear, that Trump may be absolutely correct! Bet you support CNN!

I noticed in your rant, you mentioned "Bunch of old men" but you forgot the one word that liberals love to use in that phrase - white.

So your argument is that when something wrong upsets someone to the point of anger it means the thing that upset them in the first place must be right. So for example Hitler and all that fun was right all along, the reason people hated him was because they knew he was right? That's literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

You also go on to belittle my statement by saying I'm just doing what all "liberals" does while conveniently ignoring the facts. Pretty much just like Trump everything is governed by personal feelings and facts are called lies or agenda's etc.

I'll put this here: http://projects.thestar.com/donald-trump-fact-check/
But as usual people like you will just glance at it and call it fake news and continue to support Trump even if he literally turns into a modern day hitler you'll still support him because feelings > facts!

Lastly I'm just really glad I'm not an American and pretty sad for the rest of the world because of the impact this has on everyone.

 

[Brock Kane]

By you saying you're not American says it all. And you know what, I'm also glad you're not. Typical liberal blaming everything on Trump. We finally have a President that puts America first! Wants to protect our borders. Stop mass immigration . Save jobs for Americans.

You believe all the leftist garbage you want. You can criticize our President all you want. But homogenized American people like to live in a free country. We're done with communist liberals. We're fighting to keep our country strong. Trump 2020!!!!!