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===Google===
===Google===
{{See also|Google}}
{{See also|Google}}
[[Alphabet Inc.]] is the parent company of Google, which also owns [[YouTube]], [[Android]], [[The Groundwork]] and dozens of other companies. The Groundwork in 2015 boasted it could influence the [[vote]] in any [[democracy|democratic]] [[election]] anywhere in the world as much as 25%,<ref>[http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House], Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, ''Quartz'', October 09, 2015. qz.com</ref> highlighting the [[Search engine manipulation effect]].
[[Alphabet Inc.]] is the parent company of Google, which also owns [[YouTube]], [[Android]], [[The Groundwork]] and dozens of other companies. The Groundwork in 2015 boasted it could influence the [[vote]] in any [[democracy|democratic]] [[election]] anywhere in the world as much as 25%,<ref>[http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House], Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, ''Quartz'', October 09, 2015. qz.com</ref> highlighting the [[Search engine manipulation effect]]. In an article titled ''How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election'' in August 2015 ''Politico'' warned Google "can easily shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20 percent or more—up to 80 percent in some demographic groups—with virtually no one knowing they are being manipulated... In the United States, half of our presidential elections have been won by margins under 7.6 percent".<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548 How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election], Google has the ability to drive millions of votes to a candidate with no one the wiser, By Robert Epstein, ''Politico'', August 19, 2015</ref>
Dr. Robert Epstein of the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology testified before Congress in 2019 that Google [[bias]] and meddling had shifted "between 2.6 million and up to 10.4 million votes" to Hillary Clinton.<ref>https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/08/psychologist-google-generated-at-least-2-6-million-votes-for-hillary.php</ref> Epstein stated in his testimony before the Judiciary Senate Committee that his research indicated that Google had been manipulating national elections as early as 2015, and has even insinuated that they had also manipulated the results of the [[2018 midterm elections]].<ref name="Epstein testimony PDF" /><ref name="Epstein testimony YouTube" />
In June 2019, [[Project Veritas]] released an undercover video in which a Google executive admitted that the company was working, through its policies and products, to prevent "the next Trump situation."<ref>Multiple references:
In June 2019, [[Project Veritas]] released an undercover video in which a Google executive admitted that the company was working, through its policies and products, to prevent "the next Trump situation."<ref>Multiple references:
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (June 24, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32684-google-is-gearing-up-to-defeat-trump-in-2020 Google Is Gearing Up To Defeat Trump In 2020]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (June 24, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32684-google-is-gearing-up-to-defeat-trump-in-2020 Google Is Gearing Up To Defeat Trump In 2020]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
See also:
See also:
*Svab, Petr (June 26, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/google-doubles-down-on-deceiving-customers-about-its-political-manipulation_2980032.html Google Doubles Down on Deceiving Customers About Its Political Manipulation]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved June 26, 2019.</ref> Google subsequently moved to censor the video from its platforms.<ref>Multiple references:
*Svab, Petr (June 26, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/google-doubles-down-on-deceiving-customers-about-its-political-manipulation_2980032.html Google Doubles Down on Deceiving Customers About Its Political Manipulation]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved June 26, 2019.</ref> The video had over one million views in the first 24 hours (available in External link section, below). Google subsequently moved to censor the video from its platforms.<ref>Multiple references:
*Bokhari, Allum (June 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/24/google-censors-video-exposing-google/ Google Censors Video Exposing Google]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
*Bokhari, Allum (June 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/06/24/google-censors-video-exposing-google/ Google Censors Video Exposing Google]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (June 25, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/32698-youtube-scraps-veritas-expose-after-privacy-complaints YouTube Scraps Veritas' Exposé After Privacy Complaints]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
*Kirkwood, R. Cort (June 25, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/32698-youtube-scraps-veritas-expose-after-privacy-complaints YouTube Scraps Veritas' Exposé After Privacy Complaints]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 25, 2019.