Google appears to have adopted a “yes, we did it—so what?” attitude after it was busted thwarting an ad tied to a video in favor of former President Donald Trump while hypocritically allowing similar content featuring Vice President Kamala Harris.
Google-owned YoTube admitted to demonetizing an ad launched by popular entrepreneur and motivational speaker Grant Cardone on one of his pro-Trump videos. However, the tech giant gladly approved revenue for the same ad when it appeared on his content featuring Kamala Harris, Fox Business reported on Monday. In remarks to the outlet, Google predictably fell back on the familiar excuse tech platforms often use when accused of censoring Republicans: it was an “error” that had been “resolved weeks ago.”
Cardone, who has millions of followers across several social media accounts, first called out the blatant bias on Instagram and Xposted on Sept. 5 and captioned, “Anyone who doesn’t think election interference is real, …