Trump warns Google, Facebook, Twitter to be careful

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US President Donald Trump warned Google, Facebook, and Twitter to tread carefully on Tuesday after recently accusing Internet and social media firms of political bias and censorship, without providing evidence.

Trump's warning came as he was meeting in the Oval Office with the president of FIFA, the international governing body of soccer. Trump had claimed in a pair of tweets earlier Tuesday that Google search results are "RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD."

Trump said companies including Google, Twitter, and Facebook "better be careful" because "you can't do that to people."

He claimed that "literally thousands and thousands of complaints" have been received, adding, " It's not fair to large portions of the population."

Trump had tweeted without evidence the companies were "suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good".

Here is the response from the tech giant

Responding to President Donald Trump, Google said its search is not used to set a political agenda and the results are not biased toward any political ideology.

When users search for content, "our goal is to make sure they receive the most relevant answers in a matter of seconds," according to Google.

The Mountain View, California-based tech company said it makes "hundreds of improvements" to its algorithms every year to ensure "high-quality content" is returned in response to users' queries, we never rank search results to manipulate political sentiment."

Trump's top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, told reporters that the White House is "taking a look" at whether Google searches should be subject to some regulation.

Trump has made similar complaints in the past, but on Tuesday he specifically targeted Google. Trump complained in a pre-dawn tweet that a search for "Trump News" on Google "shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED."

Source(s): AP ,Reuters