House race entered the crucial counting stage, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees to make sure that 'the products we build' are 'a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief'.

He thus wrote to staff in the memo, where, he said whatever the will of the electorate, it does "let's remember our role at work, with the products that we built and as an enterprise : [to be a trusted] source of information to each person, all backgrounds all beliefs".

"We will and must maintain that. In that spirit, it's important that everyone continue to follow our Community Guidelines and Personal Political Activity Policy," he wrote in the internal memo.
Teams across Google and YouTube have been working hard to make sure that the platforms provide voters with high-quality and reliable information, "just as we've done for so many other elections around the world".

In fact, dozens of countries have held major, hotly contested elections this year, from France to India to the UK to Mexico and many more, with well over a billion people casting votes in 2024, Pichai said.

And as with all other elections, the result will dominate conversation in living rooms and elsewhere around the world. And, of course, the result will have consequences.

"Our work in organizing the world's information and making it universally accessible and useful doesn't end on election day. Al has given us a deep opportunity to progress on this mission, great products, partnerships, innovative work and big contributions toward national and local economies, and it's when our company excels most that we do", Pichai wrote in explaining.

Meta had earlier announced that the ban on new political ads on Facebook and Instagram would be extended even after the US presidential election, set for November 5. In this regard, Meta has advanced the ban on new political ads past Tuesday, which was a day marking the actual end date for the restriction period in its policy update related to political ads.