‘The Creepy Line’ Documentary Shows Tech Giants Influencing Voters

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9/26/2018Updated: 9/30/2018

When considering election interference, news of state actors such as Russia and China engaging in “fake news” campaigns on social media has dominated the headlines.

Largely missing from the discussion, until recently, has been the power available to tech giants—specifically Google and Facebook—to influence the behaviors of their users, including voting behavior, in ways that are extremely difficult to track or even perceive.

Jan Jekielek

Senior Editor

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”