[kictanet] Are the American Internet Giants Politically Agnostic?

Mon Jun 13 03:11:47 EAT 2016

I agree with you Ebele on this one....100%. Been there done that & #itscomplicated

Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 22:12:51 +0000
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Are the American Internet Giants Politically Agnostic?
From: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
CC: ebeleokobi at fb.com; kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
To: lnjogu at hotmail.com

Let’s take this offline, if you’d like to learn more about the US system? 

But just to avoid confusion-I’ve voted in US elections since 1992, and I’ve volunteered for three different campaigns over the years. It’s quite complicated even for those of us who vote in the US to understand, much less trying to follow it from afar!
 Your understanding of the Democratic primary system is, unfortunately, completely incorrect, both generally and in this specific case. Have a look at the links I posted previously for information about how this system works. Also, for context-Clinton has won
 over 3 million more votes than Sanders in the primaries thus far. So, the will of the people, as measured by the popular vote, is overwhelmingly for Clinton.

Also, even though Sanders is vowing to stay in until July (although he’s amended this in some reports to Tuesday, after the DC primary), we already know who the nominee is, because Clinton already has 800 more delegates than Sanders, and she also has 400
 more than she needs to win. There is no way for Sanders to win, unless Clinton drops out of the race.  It is, as they say, all over but the shouting, and fortunately, a savage social media game does not necessarily lead to electoral victory. Which brings me
 back to the original point of this thread. . .

See here for the vote breakdown-http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-takes-decisive-lead-over-bernie-sanders-in-delegate-count-popular-vote-1465389182

From: Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <ultimateprogramer at gmail.com>

Date: Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 7:51 PM

To: Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi at fb.com>

Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>

Subject: Re: [kictanet] Are the American Internet Giants Politically Agnostic?

OK basically I think this not a political discussion. But the way I understand this is that the sad thing about American primaries is that I guess the Delegates and Super Delegates have the power to over-turn the will of the voters in the July convention.

I would believe Hillary goes through because of the current pledges made by the delegates. And Sanders basically does not sing their song. So you are right, Clinton is winning, but we still have to July to know for sure.

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 9:28 PM, Ebele Okobi 
<ebeleokobi at fb.com> wrote:

Nope.
This article is from June 7, before the CA and NJ primaries were tallied. Those happened last week, and Clinton won both, by a lot. The only primary left is DC-which will go OVERWHELMINGLY for Clinton, and in any case, they don't matter, unfortunately,
 given population and delegate count.

Ebele Okobi | Head of Public Policy, Africa

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On Jun 12, 2016, at 3:25 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <ultimateprogramer at gmail.com> wrote:

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

m. +44 (0) 771 156 1315

10 Brock Street | London | NW1 3FG
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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/

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
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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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