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.

This latest incident joins a wave of reported issues across social platforms as tech giants and users navigate the new political landscape

Former President Joe Biden's name was missing from Google's search results, prompting the company to blame a "data error" on Thursday.

The issue with the search engine results was noticed by users on social media sites X and Bluesky early on Thursday morning.

President Joe Biden's name was omitted from a Google search result of "U.S. Presidents in order." The glitch was fixed quickly.

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

Google faced backlash after a glitch omitted Joe Biden from the list of US presidents, leading to accusations of bias.

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.

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

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

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.