'Idiot' trending after Google CEO explains why it results in Trump images

The word "idiot" has been searched for over one million times after Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai was asked during a House Judiciary Committee hearing why an image of US President Donald Trump comes up when you search for the word.

During the hearing on Tuesday, titled "Transparency & Accountability: Examining Google and its Data Collection, Use, and Filtering Practices", many representatives posed questions on whether or not Google's search results were biased against conservative points of view.

Pichai was also asked by Democratic Representative Zoe Lofgren why images of Trump appear when she searches the word “idiot” on her smartphone and whether this was an example of political bias in algorithms.

However, Pichai denied that it was an example of political bias in algorithms and said Google search results were based on billions of keywords ranked according to more than 200 factors, including relevance and popularity.

Following the testimony, typing “idiot” into Google Images showed pictures of Trump and it became the number one most searched for term in the US.