How Google manipulates search to favor liberals and tip elections

5/28/23
 
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A research psychologist who previously released a study that demonstrates how Google has the power to sway elections is once again sounding the alarm about the tech giant. Dr. Robert Epstein, a Californian Democrat who has been researching Google’s result manipulation tactics over the past decade, shared his latest findings with the New York Post.

Epstein previously estimated that upwards of six-million votes were shifted to Joe Biden in 2020 due to Google’s manipulated algorithm. The tech giant used its virtual monopoly to elevate links that were positive for Biden while also amplifying negative stories for then-President Trump. Get Out The Vote messaging on Google’s homepage was also targeted toward Democrat voters.

As part of his most recent project, Epstein found that YouTube’s ” “Up Next” suggestions to adults for the next video to watch were skewed towards left-leaning sources 76% of the time.

The results were staggering for children and teens, with initial data showing liberal videos suggested 96% of the time. “That’s how aggressive they are with our kids,” Epstein told the New York Post. “Because they think they’re gods. And no one has ever taken them to task, ever.”

Left-leaning video content accounts for just 38% of the content on YouTube, preliminary data showed, with the rest being classified as right-leaning or centrist. Despite this, search results and suggestions are overwhelmingly skewed toward the left.

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