Google Can Influence Elections – IOTW Report

Google Can Influence Elections

A recent academic paper estimates “that Google could determine the outcome of upwards of 25 percent of all national elections.”

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 It’s simple really, all they have to do is rank negative or positive stories the highest, depending on whether they want to hurt or help a particular candidate.  

Feel lucky about guessing what kind of stories are being given top ranking on Donald Trump over on Google today? 

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How about Jeb Bush?

 

 I wonder how much money is going to be thrown at Google and Bing by candidates to get the best articles on themselves ranked highest?

 

5 Comments on Google Can Influence Elections

  1. So funny that the motto of Google — at least in the beginning, when they were just starting out — was, “Don’t Be Evil.”

    Google is now evil incarnate, in so many ways.

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