Representative Tulsi Gabbard Is Suing Google $50-Million for Censoring Her 2020 Presidential Campaign



Democratic presidential candidate Representative Tulsi Gabbard has filed a federal lawsuit against Google for suspending her campaign’s advertising account following the first debate in June. Google suspended the campaign’s advertising account for six hours from June 27th into June 28, immediately following the debate while searches for her were trending. She is seeking an injunction against Google to prevent them from continuing to meddle in the election and is asking for $50-million compensation for damages. The lawsuit also alleges that Google is sending her campaign emails to people’s spam folders at “a disproportionately high rate” compared to other campaigns. -GEG

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has filed a
federal lawsuit against Google for suspending her campaign’s advertising
account following the first debate in June.

Gabbard was the most searched candidate at the time.

Map: before and after the #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/7y3iNoJR1N

— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) June 27, 2019

Google had suspended the campaign’s advertising account for six hours
from June 27th into June 28, immediately following the debate while
searches for her were trending.

The lawsuit was filed in a Los Angeles federal court on Thursday, the New York Times reports.
They are seeking an injunction against Google to prevent them from
continuing to meddle in the election and damages of at least $50
million.

“Google’s
discriminatory actions against my campaign are reflective of how
dangerous their complete dominance over internet search is, and how the
increasing dominance of big tech companies over our public discourse
threatens our core American values,” Rep. Gabbard said in a statement to
the Times. “This is a threat to free speech, fair elections, and to our
democracy, and I intend to fight back on behalf of all Americans.”

A Google spokesperson told the Hill that the account was suspended due to sudden “large spending changes” that were detected automatically.

“We have automated systems that flag unusual activity on all
advertiser accounts – including large spending changes – in order to
prevent fraud and protect our customers,” the spokeswoman said.

“In this case, our system triggered a suspension and the account was reinstated shortly thereafter.”

Her campaign says that they had increased spending as she had become
the most searched candidate following her performance in the debate.

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