2020 Elections + Google + Autofill

Google is removing autofill in its search bars for that target candidates or voting.

What Google’s senior director of global policy and standards has to say:  “We’re acutely aware that with this upcoming election … people have strong opinions and given the backdrop of COVID, there’s a lot of questions about voting information and how that might play out against the backdrop of the pandemic.”

So this means no autofill supporting, opposing or endorsing candidates or for voting information. The searches can occur, but will not be autofilled.

Tech Crunch | Google says it’s eliminating Autocomplete suggestions that target candidates or voting

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