Hawley Calls on Google to ‘Take Immediate Corrective Action’ After Study Finds Biases

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling on 🔍Google to provide a response to a study that found the company showed “political biases.”

Hawley penned a letter to 🔍Google CEO Sundar Pichai, noting, “New research reveals that your company makes it much harder for Republicans to reach their supporters even while your company makes it very easy for Democrats to reach theirs.”

In his letter, Hawley mentioned a study recently published by North Carolina State University’s Department of Computer Science titled, “A Peek into the Political Biases in Email Spam Filtering Algorithms During US Election 2020.”

He explained the study “uncovered a disturbing pattern of political bias in the spam filtering algorithms used by Gmail.”

According to the study, “All exhibited political biases in the months leading up to the 2020 US elections.”

Additionally, the study pointed out 🔍Google’s bias was “substantially worse” than any other major provider.