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August 20, 2019 Mr. Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043

Dear Mr. Pichai, We are writing today to ask that you provide a detailed response to the August 14 document release by Project Veritas which appears to show that Google blocked conservative websites on one of your news platforms. When questioned before Congress in December of last year about whether your company manipulated its search results, you unequivocally denied it. In March, a study by Robert Epstein identified pro-liberal bias in Google search results that helped flip three Orange County, CA, congressional districts in the 2018 midterm elections. Nationwide, Epstein found the results may have influenced 4.6 million undecided voters. In April, the Daily Caller reported that Google’s Trust and Safety team manually manipulated various search features to exclude a number of conservative websites including the American Spectator, Gateway Pundit and Conservative Tribune. In June, video leaked of a Google manager claiming the company was training its algorithms to prevent the 2016 election outcome from happening again. Now we have learned that a Google app was blocking conservative websites including The Daily Caller, NewsBusters, Rush Limbaugh, and many more. And the August 14 document leak also explained how the “Twiddler” system lets Google/YouTube workers rank search results based upon what your companies want emphasized or de-emphasized. Manipulated topics included pro-life advocacy along with several political and conservative organizations, like The Heritage Foundation. Senator Ted Cruz attempted to get to the bottom of at least some of these instances during a July Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, but the Google representative dodged most of the questioning. It seems that in these, and other cases that have come to light in recent years, Google’s strategy seems to be to say as little as possible and hope that everyone moves on from the story. In addition to providing an explanation for the past incidents that have already been brought to light, we demand to know what policies, programs, algorithms or any other business practices are, or have been in place to censor conservative content, and we call on you to disclose them and eliminate them immediately. If there are none currently in place, then we want your public commitment there will be none in the future. Further, we want to know what steps Google is taking to ensure it will not happen again. Please provide your prompt response. We will publish your response or call attention to your lack thereof.   Sincerely, L. Brent Bozell Founder and President Media Research Center   Morton Blackwell Chairman Weyrich Lunch   Byron Schlommach Director 1889 Institute   Lady Brigitte Gabriel Founder and Chairman ACT for America Tim Wildmon President American Family Association   Jon Schweppe Director of Policy and Government Affairs American Principles Project   Mark Fitzgibbons President of Corporate Affairs America Target Advertising, Inc.   Gary Bauer CEO and President American Values   John Hinderaker President Center of the American Experiment   David N. Bossie President Citizens United   Penny Nance CEO and President Concerned Women for America   The Honorable George K. Rasley, Jr. Managing Editor ConservativeHQ.com   James Nolan, Esq. President Crossroads Pro-Life   Adam Brandon President Freedom Works   Christie Lee McNally Founder Free Our Internet   Gene Mills President Louisiana Family Forum   Charles Copeland President Intercollegiate Studies Institute   John-Henry Westen Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief LifeSiteNews.com   Frank Lasée President The Heartland Institute   Justin Danhof General Counsel National Center for Public Policy Research Rod Martin Founder and CEO The Martin Organization   Kevin D. Freeman Founder and Chairman National Security Investment Consultant Institute   James O’Keefe Founder and President Project Veritas   Kristan Hawkins President Students for Life of America Jenny Beth Martin Honorary Chairman Tea Party Patriots Action   Floyd Brown Publisher The Western Journal   C. Preston Noell III President Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.   David Kupelian Vice President and Managing Editor WorldNetDaily   Craig Shirley Author Ronald Reagan Biographer   James Martin Founder and Chairman 60 Plus Association   Saulius Anuzis President 60 Plus Association   Allen West Senior Fellow Media Research Center   Terry Schilling Executive Director American Principles Project   Steven Ertelt Editor LifeNews.com   Richard A. Viguerie Chairman ConservativeHQ.com   Kathleen Patten President and CEO American Target Advertising   Brian Brown President International Organization for the Family   Ryan Bomberger Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer The Radiance Foundation   Tom McCabe CEO Freedom Foundation   William A. Donahue, Ph.D. President Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights CC: Senator Mitch McConnell Senator Lindsey Graham Senator Ted Cruz Senator Joshua Hawley Senator Elizabeth Warren Representative Kevin McCarthy Representative Jim Jordan Representative Doug Collins Representative Tulsi Gabbard