The boss of Google ensures that its search engine is not "politically biased"

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Monday that the US search engine was not, contrary to the frequent accusations of Donald Trump, "politically biased". In remarks that the official must make on Tuesday during a hearing in Congress and forwarded in advance, Sundar Pichai also insists on the importance for the group of respect for privacy and computer security, Google is according to him determined to work with the US government "to keep the country safe".

Regularly criticized . The Californian company has regularly found itself in recent months under the fire of criticism of the tenant of the White House and some elected officials denouncing the "bias" of the giants of the web and reproaching, without evidence to support, the censorship of conservative voices. But he is also frequently put on the spotlight on the topics of computer security and its domination of the search engine market on the internet.

Asked about data collection . In September, Sundar Pichai refused to participate in a Senate hearing on the issue of foreign influence operations. But he will testify on Tuesday before a House of Representatives committee where US parliamentarians will challenge him on "the collection, use and filtering practices" data of its users.

"A number of safeguards" . In his opening remarks, Sundar Pichai strongly denies that Google is guided by a political agenda. "Users rely on us for accurate and trustworthy information, we strive to ensure the integrity of our products, and we have put a number of safeguards in place to ensure that they continue to meet our criteria, "he explains. "I run this business without political bias and ensure that our products continue to work the same way, otherwise doing so would be against our principles and commercial interests," said Sundar Pichai.

In favor of a law on the privacy of Internet users . Without details, the boss of Google ensures that his group is in favor of a federal law on the confidentiality of data of Internet users and says that "the protection of the privacy and security of our users has long been an essential part of our mission ".