It’s finally election week in America. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, according to a new story from the Verge, took the moment to remind his staff that Google — the world’s largest repository of up-to-date news — needs to be a “trusted source of information.

In late October, a lawsuit from Philadelphia’s district attorney accused the billionaire of running an “illegal lottery scheme” by giving swing state voters who signed a Musk PAC’s petition supporting conservative causes the chance to randomly win $1m in a daily prize drawing.

X owner and Trump supporter Elon Musk reposted a message on Election Day claiming Google is helping Harris voters find polling places, while not doing the same for Trump voters, but the search giant is doing no such thing. At about 3 p.m. EST on Tuesday ...