Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s search practices on Tuesday in the face of questions from lawmakers on allegations of bias against conservatives.
The topic came up repeatedly in the three and half the tech executive sat before lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee.
‘Our algorithms have no notion of political sentiment,’ Pichai said in defense of Google’s search engine, which is the most used in the world.
‘We approach our work without any political bias,’ he noted.
Both Republicans and Democrats pushed Pichai on the issue, which has frustrated GOP lawmakers in particular, including President Donald Trump, who has accused Google of bias in the results it gives users who use its search engine.
Pichai showed his roots as an engineer – he joined the company in that capacity before moving up the executive ladder – in his answers, which got technical at times as he explained how Google’s search engine worked.
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