Monday, July 15, 2019

Investigate Google for Wire Fraud

PO Box 130
West Shokan, NY 12494
July 15, 2019

The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenu
Washington, DC

Dear Mr. President:

I urge that the Justice Department investigate the Google firm for wire fraud.

There is evidence that the Google firm has been lying to the public about the nature of its search engine.  In particular, it has represented that its search engine is an objective information source based on impartial algorithms and that it adheres to a philosophy of free speech. 

Recent revelations, specifically a Project Veritas video of Google employees discussing how they bias searches, reveals that Google has for some time been operating under the false pretense that its Web products are based on objective algorithms.  In other words, Google has lied to its users and its customers about the nature of its search engine and has received large financial benefits, at least over the past one to two years, in exchange.

According to LectLaw.com, Section 18 USC 1343 makes the use of interstate wires for carrying out a scheme to defraud a crime.  The requirements are that an individual knowingly devise a scheme to defraud for money by means of pretenses, representations, or promises.  The three essential elements are a scheme to defraud; intent to defraud; use of interstate wires.  A material misrepresentation must be related to the scheme, and the scheme must involve the intent to get money. 

The law frm of Crotty Saland points out that the crime of wire fraud includes all aspects of communication, including the Internet.

The facts are that (1) Google has never represented to the public that it ideologically slants search results; (2)  Google has lied in this representation for the last one to two years in order to indulge the beliefs and pleasures of its principals and employees; (3) Google has not divulged its change of policy to its customers or users, who include the Republican Party; and (4) Google has continued to receive large sums of money in exchange for its perpetuation of past representations that it knew to have changed and to be false.

There seems to be sufficient evidence of a fraud large in magnitude and of grievous harm to the public to pursue an investigation.  I urge that you ask the Justice Department to begin one.


                        Sincerely,


                        Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.   

Cc: The Honorable William Barr, Attorney General

                                              
                                           

1 comment:

JJC said...

Google is a worry for any thinking person.

Leaving aside repeated corporate criminal conduct and repeated perjury by its executives, it really is not a neutral interstate for communication traffic.

Put it another way, ideas, people, groups, and messages that don't meet its liberal smell test,are sidelined to the slow lane with tolls, speed bumps, construction, and eventual!y a hard exit into the desert.

Google is not trustworthy.

I wonder what messaging and communication endeavors they are planning to introduce into the next election, but I would think they would be highly motivated to work against the GOP.

They are a modern day Standard Oil and it's CEO is as reviled as much as Rockefeller was in his time.

Be well.

JJC