Both Facebook and Google have actively influenced political events. >[..] on election day in 2010, Facebook sent ‘go out and vote’ reminders to more than 60 mi

Both Facebook and Google have actively influenced political events. >[..] on election day in 2010, Facebook sent ‘go out and vote’ reminders to more than 60 million of its users. The reminders caused about 340,000 people to vote who otherwise would not have. : https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-internet-flips-elections-and-alters-our-thoughts https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-internet-flips-elections-and-... For more interesting stuff on this topic, look up the company 'The Groundwork'.