Google removed a torrent of negative McDonald’s reviews that flooded the search engine after a fast-food employee in Altoona, Pa. reported Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder, to police.
The one-star reviews cropped up in an episode of “review bombing,” when users leave tons of unrelated negative reviews at an establishment tied to political issues.
“These reviews violate our policies and are being removed,” a Google spokesperson told The Post.
The Google reviews came after the 26-year-old suspect was arrested by cops at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. after a five-day manhunt thanks to a customer who alerted a McDonald’s employee, who then called 911.
“More like Narc-donalds….I hope obesity and heart disease are in-network in PA,” one user wrote.
“Deny, defend, depose, diarrhea @ McDonald’s,” they added, a reference to the eerie message found on the bullets used to kill Thompson.
The words on the bullets — “deny,” “depose” and “defend” — bear resemblance to a 2010 book condemning the healthcare industry.
Soon after reports of the arrest emerged, other users wrote reviews claiming that rats ran rampant in the restaurant kitchen.
Google’s policies said reviews must be based on real experiences with a location.
The search engine has placed additional protections on the McDonald’s profile to prevent further off-topic reviews, Google told The Post.
After the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, the Internet was quickly awash in jokes and celebratory posts as hundreds of frustrated Americans expressed their outrage with the insurance industry.
Healthcare and insurance companies swiftly scrubbed their websites free of executives’ personal information.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, one of the largest health insurance companies in the US, quickly reversed a controversial plan to deny some claims for anesthesia coverage after outcry online.
Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s 50-year-old executive, was fatally shot on Dec. 4 by a masked gunman in Midtown Manhattan outside the Hilton hotel in what appeared to be a targeted attack, according to police.
The CEO, who was on his way to an annual investor conference, left behind two sons.
