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Google Most Powerful, Partisan Force On Internet; History Of Election Manipulation Documented Bobby BurackMay 30, 2024 7:26 PM EDThttps://www.outkick.com/culture/google-does-most-powerful-partisan-force-internet-bobby-burackGoogle is the most powerful source of information on the internet, accounting for nearly 92 percent of the search engine market share in the United States. The influence of the search engine powerhouse far exceeds the likes of Facebook, X, and Instagram.Consequently, the whims of Google loom over the 2024 presidential election.This week, Google confirmed the authenticity of nearly 2,500 leaked internal documents that allegedly belonged to the service. The documents previously in question detail data that Google tracks, which it uses to manipulate search results via its closely guarded algorithm.The trade publication Search Engine Land reviewed the documents and discovered a particularly ominous note. Per the publication, the documents mention modules that suggest Google implements "whitelists" for certain topics, specifically related to elections (IsElectionAuthority) and Covid-19 (IsCovidLocalAuthority).In 2016, a Google Search employee stated that the company doesn’t "have a website authority score." The references to a "whitelist" say otherwise.Remember, a recent AllSides analyst study found that 63 percent of articles on Google News are from left-leaning outlets, compared to just 6 percent from right-leaning sources.The existence of a "whitelist" – or authority scores – suggests that the disparity between "left-leaning" and "right-leaning" news stories is not without method, as Google claims, but the result of human manipulation.
Coincidence? Hardly.The finding is consistent with a Media Research Center study from March that found Google "interfered" with the search results regarding major U.S. elections "41 times over the last 16 years."MRC vice president Dan Schneider and editor Gabriela Pariseau summarized their findings below, describing how Google's "interference" disproportionately benefited the most liberal candidates.
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