You’d think that the nation’s lawmakers — the ones with the power to decide how the country spends its billions, when we go to war and who with, and all the other secrets and intricacies of running the most powerful nation in the world — would have at least a minimal understanding of how Google works. You’d be wrong.
That was clear during testimony today in front of the House Judiciary Committee by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who was grilled on everything from China to privacy to search result bias. At one point, Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, who represents the California district that includes Google’s home in Mountain View, brought up Donald Trump and his relation to a certain quirk of Google’s search engine.
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Google CEO patiently explains to Congress how Google Search works originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 11 Dec 2018 at 15:29:06 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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