As Big Tech platforms such as Facebook and Google prepare for this year's midterm elections, liberals and conservatives alike are critical of the platforms' lack of transparency in regard to content moderation.
Since the 2020 election, conservatives have criticized major social media companies, saying their attempts to reduce misinformation have meant unfairly censoring content and banning users such as former President Donald Trump. At the same time, liberals have accused the platforms of allowing too much dangerous misinformation to spread.
Google also plans to help political campaigns enhance their security by providing them with free advanced protections from online attacks and cybersecurity threats and promised to provide more transparency when it comes to political advertising. Conservatives say Google can’t be trusted when it comes to election integrity, suppressing misinformation, and elevating authoritative voices.
In its announcement Thursday, Google said it would continue to crack down on “content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of any past U.S. presidential election.” “If politicians and the public push too hard, then Google and Facebook will just decide to ban ads altogether, which will hurt Republicans much more than Democrats because the Left can still lean on legacy media,” said Carl Szabo, a vice president and general counsel at NetChoice, an advocacy group that represents companies including Facebook and Google.
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