Google Has Usurped Democracy

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Commentary

We hear a lot about “election integrity” or lack thereof, particularly around the issues of counting the vote and the ballot box. But the truth is that elections are more likely to be stolen via search engine manipulation effects (SEME).

What Is SEME?

SEME is an abbreviation for “search engine manipulation effect.” In a series of randomized controlled experiments, it has been shown that more than 20 percent of undecided voters can be manipulated into voting one way or the other, by simply manipulating the rankings of search engine results.