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Is Google shaping elections? Dr. Robert Epstein weighs in

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Robert Epstein says Google’s algorithms may be secretly swaying elections — by ranking biased results, steering search queries, and sending targeted voting reminders. I talk to him, and he breaks down his eye-opening research on how search engines might be reshaping our democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond.

0:08.2

And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak with me.

0:13.2

Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email Kim, fill that out.

0:17.7

And that's it. All right, let me ask you a question. Have you ever Googled something

0:21.5

and you're sit back and you're like, whoa, this just does not feel right. It doesn't seem right.

0:27.3

The results are skewed. You're not alone. Google has long been accused and exposed of showing

0:33.0

results that truly aligned with their agenda and their products.

0:40.1

Like, for example, just search for a flight.

0:42.5

Google is going to promote its own services.

0:46.8

Google flights, maps, hotel listings, way ahead of any of its competitors,

0:49.3

say Expedia or Yelp or anybody else.

0:52.3

And some conservative commentators have said that conservative news outlets and articles are pushed

0:55.0

way down in the search results in favor of what?

0:58.2

More liberal viewpoints.

1:00.5

But also, what about Google's autocomplete feature?

1:03.8

I bet you never thought about this.

1:05.5

You know, when you type something in and Google tries to finish the words as you're typing

1:09.9

in certain letters?

1:12.4

Well, there have been allegations that Google manipulates those auto-complete suggestions to prevent controversial

1:18.6

topics from trending or becoming more prominent. I know, this is some pretty deep stuff.

1:24.8

Well, we're going to do a deep dive on this today with Dr. Robert Epstein.

1:28.7

He's a Harvard-trained psychologist, and he was once the editor-in-chief of psychology today.

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