Make Google a 'Trusted Source' for US Election, Sundar Pichai Tells Employees

As the White House race entered the crucial counting stage, Alphabet and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai told employees to make sure that "the products we build" are "a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief."

In a memo to employees, Pichai said whomever the voters entrust, "let's remember the role we play at work, through the products we build and as a business: to be a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief."

We will and must maintain that. In that spirit, it's important that everyone continue to follow our Community Guidelines and Personal Political Activity Policy," he wrote in the internal memo.
Teams across Google and YouTube have been working hard to make sure that the platforms provide voters with high-quality and reliable information, "just as we've done for so many other elections around the world."

In fact, dozens of countries have had high-profile, closely fought elections this year, from France and India to the UK to Mexico and dozens of more, with over a billion people voting in 2024, said Pichai.
With most other elections, so will their outcome be hot topic talking points in households and in other venues globally. Of course, with this there will also come major consequence.

"Beyond election day, our work to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful will continue. Al has given us a profound opportunity to make progress on that mission, build great products and partnerships, drive innovation, and make significant contributions to national and local economies. Our company is at its best when we're focused on that," Pichai elaborated.

Meta had earlier announced its intention to extend the ban on new political ads on Facebook (NASDAQ:META) and Instagram even after the US presidential election on November 5. The company has extended the ban on its political new advertisements beyond Tuesday, the original end date for the restriction period, in its update of the political ads policy.