Mark Zuckerberg wrote the playbook for Big Tech leaders dealing with Republicans. Google paid attention.

Mark Zuckerberg wrote the playbook for Big Tech leaders dealing with Republicans. Google paid attention.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai needs to keep Donald Trump and his allies like Jim Jordan happy. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has laid out a roadmap.Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBig Tech platforms used to insist they didn't have an anti-conservative bias.Now, they're saying something a little different: They've never had a bias, but the Biden administration tried to bias them.First Meta, now Google: They're putting those statements into letters, which are use…

Google follows Mark Zuckerberg’s playbook on conservative bias claims

Big Tech once insisted it had no anti-conservative bias. Now the message is narrower: no bias — but the Biden administration tried to sway decisions. After Mark Zuckerberg’s 2024 note to Congress, Google has sent its own letter to Rep. Jim Jordan that strikes a similar tone. It emphasizes long-standing commitments to free expression and avoids acknowledging mistakes on COVID-19 or 2020 election content. Yet it says Biden officials “created a pol…