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For someone who hasn't been following it, what makes you say they are?

dsabanin 10y ago
This is what I was able to find right now, but there are more clues. "Google works closely with Hillary Clinton to promote presidential campaign: Julian Assange": http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/google-works-closely-with-hillary-clinton-to-promote-presidential-campaign-julian-assange-34780998.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/google-wor... "The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House": http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working...
agscala 10y ago
It's not necessarily google itself, but Eric Schmidt has a company called The Groundwork that has been working for her campaign. http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working...
- snowwrestler 10y ago
  Does Schmidt have a day-to-day role at Google anymore? I was under the impression that he is essentially retired from Google's operations and serves only as a board member. Anyway, it raises the question of whether a board member / former exec can do things on his own time and dime without it reflecting on Google. Does everything that Schmidt does imply that Google is doing it too?
mattnewton 10y ago
I only have additional anecdotes, but the claim has been leveled several times with varying degrees of convincing evidence. Here's another: http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/06/10/google-is-manipulating-search-results-in-favor-of-hillary-clinton/ http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/06/10/google-is-manipulati...
- Buge 10y ago
  They block all autocompletes of the form "firstname lastname liar" and other similar words. For example they block "hillary clinton liar". They allow "hillary liar". They block "donald trump liar". They block "george bush liar", they allow "bush liar".
  - dhimes 10y ago
    I just got "donald trump liar ted cruz" as an autocomplete on google.
    - Buge 10y ago
      Yes, they allow longer things. For example they block "donald trump lying". They block "hillary clinton lying", but they allow "hillary clinton lying for 13 minutes".
VOYD 10y ago
it's the plot from last seasons' "House of Cards".

This is what I was able to find right now, but there are more clues. "Google works closely with Hillary Clinton to promote presidential campaign: Julian Assange": http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/google-works-closely-with-hillary-clinton-to-promote-presidential-campaign-julian-assange-34780998.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/google-wor... "The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House": http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working...

agscala 10y ago

It's not necessarily google itself, but Eric Schmidt has a company called The Groundwork that has been working for her campaign. http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working...

snowwrestler 10y ago
Does Schmidt have a day-to-day role at Google anymore? I was under the impression that he is essentially retired from Google's operations and serves only as a board member. Anyway, it raises the question of whether a board member / former exec can do things on his own time and dime without it reflecting on Google. Does everything that Schmidt does imply that Google is doing it too?

mattnewton 10y ago

I only have additional anecdotes, but the claim has been leveled several times with varying degrees of convincing evidence. Here's another: http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/06/10/google-is-manipulating-search-results-in-favor-of-hillary-clinton/ http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/06/10/google-is-manipulati...

Buge 10y ago
They block all autocompletes of the form "firstname lastname liar" and other similar words. For example they block "hillary clinton liar". They allow "hillary liar". They block "donald trump liar". They block "george bush liar", they allow "bush liar".
- dhimes 10y ago
  I just got "donald trump liar ted cruz" as an autocomplete on google.
  - Buge 10y ago
    Yes, they allow longer things. For example they block "donald trump lying". They block "hillary clinton lying", but they allow "hillary clinton lying for 13 minutes".

VOYD 10y ago

it's the plot from last seasons' "House of Cards".