Google CEO Sundar Pichai to employees in internal memo: Whoever wins the US election, “… let’s remember the role …”

Google CEO Sundar Pichai urged employees to ensure their platforms provide reliable election information. This follows accusations of bias from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who claims Google is suppressing positive news about him. Pichai emphasized Google’s commitment to providing accurate election-related resources and highlighted its global efforts to support elections.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has reportedly told employees across Google and YouTube ahead of US election day to “ensure our platforms provide voters with reliable, high-quality information”. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused Google of bias. Trump claimed in September that the search giant only shows “bad stories about him”. Google has denied these claims.
First reported by The Washing Post, the CEO has sent an internal memo to his employee. In the memo obtained by The Verge, Pichai said that “We should be proud of our work and also of our team’s efforts to keep campaigns secure, to provide accurate information about where and how to vote, and to provide digital advertising solutions for campaigns .” Pichai also stated that “Al has given us a profound opportunity to make progress” in making information universally available.

Here is the full memo sent by Sundar Pichai

Hello Googlers,
Tomorrow is election day here, and many across the United States will be heading to the polls to vote for everything from school boards to judges to Congress and president.
Teams across Google and YouTube have been working hard to ensure that our platforms provide voters with reliable, high-quality information, just as we have done for so many other elections around the world – in fact, dozens of countries have held large, fiercely attended elections this year, from France to India to the UK to Mexico and many more, with well over a billion people casting votes in 2024.
We should be proud of our work and also of our team’s efforts to keep campaigns safe, to provide accurate information about where and how to vote, and to provide digital advertising solutions for campaigns. Thank you to everyone who works around the clock on these efforts throughout the campaign season and as the votes are counted.
As with other elections, the outcome will be a big topic of conversation in living rooms and elsewhere around the world. And of course the result will have important consequences.
Regardless of who voters trust, let’s remember the role we play at work, through the products we build and as a company: to be a trusted source of information for people of all backgrounds and beliefs. We will and must maintain that. In that spirit, it is important that everyone continues to follow our Community Guidelines and Policy for Personal Political Activities.
After Election Day, our work continues to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Al has given us a profound opportunity to advance this mission, build great products and partnerships, drive innovation, and make significant contributions to national and local economies. Our business is at its best when we focus on it.
Thank you Sundar