Apologizing for the error, Dani wrote on X: “This was an error. This fact check was initially applied to a doctored photo showing the secret service agents smiling, and in some cases our systems incorrectly applied that fact check to the real photo. This has been fixed and we apologize for the mistake.”
The image that was supposed to be flagged as altered image had the Secret Service members surrounding Trump smiling.
“Facebook has just admitted that it wrongly censored the Trump “attempted assassination photo”, and got caught. Same thing for Google. They made it virtually impossible to find pictures or anything about this heinous act,” Trump reacted.
“Both are facing BIG BACKLASH OVER CENSORSHIP CLAIMS. Here we go again, another attempt at RIGGING THE ELECTION!!! GO AFTER META AND GOOGLE. LET THEM KNOW WE ARE ALL WISE TO THEM, WILL BE MUCH TOUGHER THIS TIME. MAGA2024!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Several users Monday pointed out that Google was offering no autocomplete feature on the assassination attempt on Trump.
A Google spokesperson later told FOX Business that there was no “manual action taken on these predictions.” “Our systems have protections against Autocomplete predictions associated with political violence, which were working as intended prior to this horrific event occurring,” the spokesperson wrote. “We’re working on improvements to ensure our systems are more up to date.”
The company spokesperson added the autocomplete feature is “just a tool to help people save time” and they can still search for anything they want.
Trump has had a strained relationship with Facebook and its parent company Meta since the former president was banned from the platform in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
His account was reinstated in January 2023, and Meta announced earlier this month that it was removing additional guardrails that had remained on Trump’s account ahead of the November election.
