Is Google Treating Anti-Gay GOP Candidate Rick Santorum Unfairly?

Yes

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum is sick of the disgusting associations with his name. No, not his political beliefs: the hilarious campaign launched by columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage in retaliation for Santorum's aggressive anti-gay messages. (If you're not in the know, a simple Google search reveals all here, but be forewarned that the material is not necessarily work safe despite its tactful description of a rather unpleasant sexual matter.)

On Tuesday, the pouty Republican presidential hopeful publicly scolded Google while asserting not only that they could remove the unsavory search result but may be more inclined to do so if he were a left-leaning sort.

Geez.

According to thirdage.com, Santorum told Politico in an interview, “I suspect if something was up there like that about Joe Biden, they'd get rid of it. If you're a responsible business, you don't let things like that happen in your business that have an impact on the country. To have a business allow that type of filth to be purveyed through their website or through their system is something that they say they can't handle, but I suspect that's not true.”

In response, a Google spokesman told CNN in an email, “Google's search results are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the Web. Users who want content removed from the Internet should contact the webmaster of the page directly. Once the webmaster takes the page down from the Web, it will be removed from Google's search results through our usual crawling process. We do not remove content from our search results, except in very limited cases such as illegal content and violations of our webmaster guidelines.”

Is Google simply abiding by its own standards and regulations? Or is the search engine singling out the salty former Senator for unfair treatment?

Casandra Armour

Is Google Treating Anti-Gay GOP Candidate Rick Santorum Unfairly?

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