New Technology : Here’s How Big Tech Could Subvert Democracy (If They Wanted To)

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Google’s (or is it Alphabet’s?) moto is “Don’t be evil”. For the most part, they’re pretty benign. But what if they weren’t? What if Google – or any major, powerful tech company for that matter – were capricious and malevolent, and wanted to change the course of an election for their own financial benefit? What if they wanted to undermine our elections, and possibly even wrest control over our democracy? Well, here’s how they might do that. Hypothetically. Google: You Searched For “Bernie Sanders”. Did You Mean “Jeb Bush”? When you search Google, your query is passed into an algorithm that is...

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