Google shut down Tulsi Gabbard’s Google Ads account: Google Trends tweeted on June 26, 2019 that Gabbard was the most searched candidate after the first 2020 Democrat presidential debate. But two days later, the Gabbard campaign said that Google suspended her Google Ads account. This appears
to have been an act of blatant election interference as Google Ads would have helped push her website to the top of search results. “For hours, Tulsi’s campaign advertising account remained offline while Americans everywhere were searching for information about her,” her campaign explained in a web
post. Google eventually corrected the situation and told Politico that its “automated systems” flagged the account in error. "We have automated systems that flag unusual activity on all advertiser accounts — including large spending changes — in order to prevent fraud and protect our customers," Google spokeswoman Riva Sciuto reportedly said. "In this case, our system triggered a suspension and the account was reinstated shortly thereafter. Gabbard, however, was having none of it. “Google’s discriminatory actions against my campaign are reflective of how dangerous their complete dominance over internet search is, and how the increasing dominance of big tech companies over our public discourse threatens our core American values,” she said in a statement to The New York Times. “This is a threat to free speech, fair elections and to our democracy, and I intend to fight back on behalf of all Americans.”