Former US President Joe Biden’s presidency was briefly omitted from Google’s list of US presidents. The issue, attributed to a ‘data error’, raised questions about tech giants’ reliability and neutrality in handling politically sensitive content.

In what many social media users see as Big Tech's latest move to align with Donald Trump, Google temporarily removed Joe Biden from its 'US Presidents' search results. According to The Independent, searches for terms like 'US Presidents,

Social media users claimed omitting Joe Biden's name was big tech's latest attempt to cosy up to Donald Trump.

On Monday, the biggest names in Silicon Valley, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, joined “First Buddy” Elon Musk to watch Trump be inaugurated as the 47th president. Musk later stole the headlines following an appearance at a rally in which he made an “odd salute”.

In a recent incident, Google suffered a technical glitch that briefly erased former US President Joe Biden from its list of American Presidents. The problem, which was subsequently blamed on a 'data error,' triggered a heated debate on the tech giant's capacity to manage politically sensitive information.

A Google glitch led to the temporary omission of former US President Joe Biden’s name from the US Presidents search results.

Users began sharing screenshots on X/Twitter about the apparent anomaly while conducting a cursory search on the Sundar Pichai-led tech giant’s search engine. “ Google has deleted Joe Biden for real ,” netizens alleged.

Users Wednesday night noticed Google search results omitted President Joseph Biden from list of U.S. presidents.

The Google glitch came just days after Biden left the White House, with his policies already being undone by Donald Trump.

Despite Google's prompt resolution, the glitch prompted some social media users to allege foul play, speculating that the omission could be a deliberate move to favour Donald Trump. Google has not commented on these claims, maintaining that it was a technical issue rather than intentional interference.

The glitch, which occurred on Thursday morning, resulted in search results listing President Donald Trump as having served consecutive terms, with no mention of Biden's presidency.