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Google's 2016 Election 'Fix' is in; Facebook Data Mining Expands (Diario de Notícias, Portugal)

 

"The Google search engine – even without the knowledge of its respective administrators – could have a decisive impact on the results of next year's U.S. presidential election. … The search engine manipulation effect exists and is 'one of the largest behavioral effects ever discovered.' … On August 31, almost one in every seven people on the planet logged onto Facebook. It had to pay nothing for the massive amount of data given over to it, but there is no lack of those wishing to get their hands on it."

 

By Mónica Bello

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September 2, 2015

 

Portugal - Diário de Notícias - Original Article (Portuguese)

Google's Unseen Influence

 

For several years, two researchers from the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology have studied what they call the “search engine manipulation effect [SEME].” Robert Epstein and Ronald E. Robertson have published a new study in which they evaluate its impact on election results and research conducted on the Internet. They have no doubt that the SEME effect exists and that it is “one of the largest behavioral effects ever discovered.” Epstein and Robertson have identified scenarios in which the Google search engine – even without the knowledge of its respective administrators – could have a decisive impact on the results of next year's U.S. presidential election.

Posted by Worldmeets.US

 

They conducted the experiment with more than 4,500 people and found that after a single research session they were able to boost the proportion of people who favored a particular candidate by between 37 and 63 percent, and concluded that the Google search engine algorithm can alter the loyalties of undecided voters by, in some cases, 20 percent, reaching all the way to 80 percent in certain demographic groups. The research was carried out in two countries, one being the United States [the other, India], but Epstein told Diario Noticias that the study's conclusions would “clearly” apply to any country. We know that Google changes its search algorithm about 600 times per year and that it is likely one of the planet's most guarded secrets. The goal of any brand worth its salt, including candidates for public office, is to rise in the search engine’s rankings. Today, no decent election campaign fails to hire a specialist in search engine optimization – the idea being to always appear at the top of the search engine results with positive news about the candidate. This is done legitimately and is no secret. We won’t stop using Google, but you shouldn't stop using your brain.

 

This column examines the elephant in the room that the masters of industry and data have been reticent to discuss: what...

Posted by WorldMeetsUS on Thursday, March 5, 2015

 

Facebook Addicted World

 

On August 31, almost one in every seven people on the planet logged onto Facebook to talk to family and friends, to comment, to share, to gossip, to read news and do everything else one can do on the world's largest social network – including things one shouldn't do for reasons of security. One billion people - a record founder and CEO Marc Zuckerberg reported with pride as another step toward "stronger relationships with those you love, a stronger economy with more opportunities, and a stronger society that reflects all of our values." Finally – plus a step toward global harmony.

 

That last phrase he did not write, but it could have been part of the text he published on his personal Facebook page. Less rosy is the power that the data of a billion users provides a single organization. It had to pay nothing for the massive amount of data given over to it, but there is no lack of those wishing to get their hands on it. Terrorism and piracy aside, this milestone should also sound an alarm over the growing dependence of people, organizations and businesses on feverish Facebook sharing. It would be better for us all to start thinking about plan B.

 

 

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Daily Mail, U.K.: Dying Jobs Left Plans For Years of New Products

 

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[Posted by Worldmeets.US Sept. 2, 8:15am]

 

 

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