“Both campaign websites consistently appear at the top of searches for relevant and general search queries,” Google said in response to an AFP investigation. “This report looked at a rare search term on the same day a few weeks ago, and for that search too, both candidates' websites ranked in the top results on Google.” Google has been adamant that it does not manipulate search results to favor any political candidate. The company does not disclose the inner workings of the software that powers its ubiquitous search engine. However, factors known to influence search results for news stories include the timeliness and popularity of topics. Trump is at the center of multiple criminal and civil cases accusing him of sexual assault, paying a porn star to keep quiet, interfering in the 2020 election and thwarting the peaceful transfer of power after President Joe Biden defeated him. There are allegations like attempting to.
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