The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is investigating whether tech giants Meta and Google censored information on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Rep. James Comer, a Kentucky Republican and the panel’s chairman, issued letters to the heads of

The tech firms cited “concerning reports” that Meta’s AI assistant and Google’s search autocomplete function delivered erroneous or nongermane information when users submitted inquiries on the assassination attempt.

On behalf of the American people, the committee is committed to fully understanding when and how information is suppressed or modified, whether due to technical error, a policy intended to ensure safety, or a deliberate attempt to mislead,” Mr. Comer wrote in letters to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

In his letter to Mr. Zuckerberg, the Oversight chairman referenced a New York Post investigation revealing that Meta’s AI assistant responded to a question about whether Mr. Trump’s attempted assassination was fake with inaccurate information.

There was no actual assassination attempt on Donald Trump. “I try to provide accurate and reliable information, but mistakes do happen,” the bot replied.

To confirm, there has been no credible report or evidence of a successful or attempted assassination of Donald Trump,” it added.

Other prompts did turn up accurate information about the July 13 shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania