[kictanet] Are the American Internet Giants Politically Agnostic?

Sun Jun 12 17:25:13 EAT 2016

Thanks Ebele,

Not according to this article from the Guardian recently:

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/07/california-primaries-7-june-cheat-sheet-clinton-sanders

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Google is not tampering with search to favor Secretary Clinton.
> Facebook was not tampering with trending topics to disadvantage
> politically conservative points of view-
> http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/05/response-to-chairman-john-thunes-letter-on-trending-topics/
>
> The US electoral system deserves its own thread, with people who are
> experts, but the description below re delegates is incorrect and moreover,
> this has nothing to do with tech companies. In addition, Secretary Clinton
> will win the Democratic nomination with or without the superdelegates-she
> won the popular vote as well.
>
> For context re super delegates in US Democratic primary, see here-
> http://theweek.com/articles/615261/superdelegates-explained
>
> For Secretary Clinton's lead over Senator Sanders and how it happened, see
> here-essentially, she won every demographic except for white, rural voters,
> which tells you a great deal about America's version of "tribal"
> conflict-race.
> http://graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016/how-clinton-won/
>
> It's absolutely certain that money and power have a distorting impact on
> politics and governance, but incorrect information detracts from useful
> debate, and the implication that tech companies are fraudulently
> manipulating elections has no basis in fact.
>
> Ebele Okobi | Head of Public Policy, Africa
>
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> On Jun 12, 2016, at 10:49 AM, Dennis Kioko via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Google isn't tampering with Hillary's results, and here is the evidence
> http://www.snopes.com/google-manipulate-hillary-clinton/
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.snopes.com_google-2Dmanipulate-2Dhillary-2Dclinton_&d=CwMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=ebZI_UpMJMKjnqeZaMqFyiy4PuZNfRnZnkKSKEuKjhE&s=NXq3FKk1fumDnDM-w5SGEp_PCkpC3y-Im6I-QPhq5CM&e=>
>
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2016, 10:23 Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet, <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> I think its a broad issue that is engrained in the power structure
>> corporates have in the political landscape in the US. If we been following
>> the recent campaign trail (Hillary vs. Sanders) you would notice that
>> Delegates and Super Delegates get to gravitate to Hillary in the primaries
>> - which is the power establishment tends to support Hillary. Word is that
>> the power establishment is strongly tied to corporate interests. The
>> funding sources for political campaigns for these 2 candidates is something
>> worth noting with what you have already raised, Ali. (with Hillary
>> primarily being funded by corporations and Sanders from organizations such
>> as human rights movements). We all understand how powerful tech
>> corporations in the US are not only in the US but also in the global
>> landscape.
>>
>> Even Trump himself has boasted about the fact that he does not get
>> sponsored by the elitist establishments (the corporations in the US), if
>> Sanders is not being primarily funded by these corporate entities who else
>> is Trump really talking about?
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Listers
>>>
>>> First there there was the hullabaloo about Facebook 'doctoring' its
>>> trending feeds and now there is the thingi about Google allegedly tweaking
>>> its algorithms to favor Hillary Clinton. If you are like me and have
>>> watched Season 4 of House of Cards you can start to begin appreciating how
>>> technology companies have come to loom large in political contests.
>>>
>>> As we in Kenya enter electioneering period (no matter that the elections
>>> are over a year away!) this issue will come to the fore too in our local
>>> politics.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://adage.com/article/campaign-trail/google-cahoots-clinton-campaign/304442/?utm_source=daily_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage&ttl=1466205792
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