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'''Alphabet Inc.''' is the parent company of [[Google]], which also owns [[YouTube]], [[Android]], [[The Groundwork]] and dozens of other companies. | '''Alphabet Inc.''' is the parent company of [[Google]], which also owns [[YouTube]], [[Android]], [[The Groundwork]] and dozens of other companies. | ||
| − | The Groundwork in 2015 boasted it could influence the [[vote]] in any [[democracy|democratic]] [[election]] anywhere in the world as much as 25%,<ref>[http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House], Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, ''Quartz'', October 09, 2015. qz.com</ref> highlighting the [[ | + | ==Election medling== |
| + | The Groundwork in 2015 boasted it could influence the [[vote]] in any [[democracy|democratic]] [[election]] anywhere in the world as much as 25%,<ref>[http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House], Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, ''Quartz'', October 09, 2015. qz.com</ref> highlighting the [[search engine manipulation effect]]. | ||
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| + | [[Eric Schmidt]], [[CEO]] of Alphabet funded a startup company called The Groundwork to ensure [[Hillary Clinton]] had the engineering talent needed to win the [[2016 presidential election'.<ref>[http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House], Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, ''Quartz'', October 09, 2015. qz.com</ref> Schmidt and Google are both donors to the [[Clinton Foundation]]. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 20:55, October 17, 2020
Alphabet Inc. is the parent company of Google, which also owns YouTube, Android, The Groundwork and dozens of other companies.
Election medling
The Groundwork in 2015 boasted it could influence the vote in any democratic election anywhere in the world as much as 25%,[1] highlighting the search engine manipulation effect.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Alphabet funded a startup company called The Groundwork to ensure Hillary Clinton had the engineering talent needed to win the [[2016 presidential election'.[2] Schmidt and Google are both donors to the Clinton Foundation.
See also
References
- ↑ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House, Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, Quartz, October 09, 2015. qz.com
- ↑ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House, Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, Quartz, October 09, 2015. qz.com