Re:Building a More Honest Internet
by linuxftw on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:39AM
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Political article.
> Recently, President Trump referenced a widely discredited study to make the absurd claim that Google manipulated search results in order to swing the 2016 presidential election toward Hillary Clinton. Though Trump’s claim is incorrect (and was widely shared with his massive following on Twitter, demonstrating the untrustworthiness of social media), it rests atop some uncomfortable facts.
Okay. No links to the original study, the repudiations, or the defense of said study. That's bad enough, but then they follow that sentence immediately with this one:
> Research conducted by Facebook in 2013 demonstrated that it may indeed be possible for the platform to affect election turnout.
Thank goodness we're relying on research conducted by Facebook.
> Recently, President Trump referenced a widely discredited study to make the absurd claim that Google manipulated search results in order to swing the 2016 presidential election toward Hillary Clinton. Though Trump’s claim is incorrect (and was widely shared with his massive following on Twitter, demonstrating the untrustworthiness of social media), it rests atop some uncomfortable facts.
Okay. No links to the original study, the repudiations, or the defense of said study. That's bad enough, but then they follow that sentence immediately with this one:
> Research conducted by Facebook in 2013 demonstrated that it may indeed be possible for the platform to affect election turnout.
Thank goodness we're relying on research conducted by Facebook.