1. What type of bias is illustrated in this post?

2. Mr. Inserra, author of this CATO post, writes of the apparent bias: "It is possible that this is some glitch or oversight—after all, tech platforms are massively complicated combinations of automated systems and policies. The sheer number of mistakes or glitches, however, starts to strain credulity." What do you think? Are the Google search results a glitch or deliberate? Explain your answer.

3. Mr. Inserra asserts: "But it is important to realize that tech companies, like TV stations, journalists, bookstores, and other businesses have the right to be biased. They can use their products to advance speech they agree with and suppress speech they disagree with."

What do you think?  Do TV stations and journalists have a right to be biased, as Mr. Inserra asserts? Explain your answer.

4. Dirk Lewandowski notes in "The Responsibility of Online Service Providers":

"Google has a large influence on what is actually searchable on the Web as well as what results users get to see when they search for information. Google serves billions of queries per month, and users only seldom consider alternatives to this search engine. [Google has] market dominance...[which] leads to questions regarding the responsibility of search engines in general, and Google in particular, for providing fair and balanced results."

a) Google is the leading search engine worldwide (81.9% of the global market). Does Google have a responsibility to provide fair and balanced results? Explain your answer.

b) Should users have the expectation that Google provides fair and balanced results? Explain your answer.

5. a) If it is Google's right to be biased as Mr. Inserra asserts, does the company have the responsibility to admit its bias, instead of trying to hide it?

b) How do you think the majority of the media would react if Google appeared biased against Democrat Kamala Harris?