Google CEO says the company should be a ‘trusted source’ in the election
Hello Googlers,
Tomorrow is election day right here and plenty of within the U.S. will probably be heading to the polls to vote for every part from faculty board to judges to the Congress and President.
Groups throughout Google and YouTube have been working exhausting to ensure our platforms present voters with high-quality and dependable info, simply as we’ve carried out for thus many different elections around the globe — in actual fact, dozens of nations have held main, hotly contested elections this yr, from France to India to the UK to Mexico and plenty of extra, with nicely over a billion folks casting votes in 2024.
We needs to be happy with our work, and in addition of our groups’ efforts to maintain campaigns safe, to ship correct info on the place and how one can vote, and to supply digital promoting options to campaigns. Due to everybody working across the clock on these efforts all through the marketing campaign season and as votes are tallied.
As with different elections, the result will probably be a serious matter of dialog in dwelling rooms and different locations around the globe. And naturally, the result can have essential penalties.
Whomever the voters entrust, let’s bear in mind the function we play at work, by way of the merchandise we construct and as a enterprise: to be a trusted supply of data to folks of each background and perception. We are going to and should keep that. In that spirit, it’s essential that everybody proceed to comply with our Group Tips and Private Political Exercise Coverage.
Past election day, our work to arrange the world’s info and make it universally accessible and helpful will proceed. Al has given us a profound alternative to make progress on that mission, construct nice merchandise and partnerships, drive innovation, and make vital contributions to nationwide and native economies. Our firm is at its greatest once we’re centered on that.
Thanks, Sundar