Posted on 09/29/2017 4:18:25 PM PDT by oblomov
Google is conducting a broad internal investigation to determine whether Russian-linked entities used its ads or services to try to manipulate voters ahead of the U.S. election, according to a person familiar with the matter, a move that comes after Facebook and Twitter said Russian actors used their sites.
Google, part of Alphabet, is also talking with congressional officials who are investigating Russian efforts to influence the election, and plans to share its findings with them once completed, this person said.
Congressional leaders have scrutinized Facebook and Twitter this month for Russian activity on their sitesand criticized the tech companies for their lack of disclosure of such information.
Google, pending a potential meeting with lawmakers, has said little. The company earlier this month said that it found no evidence that it sold election-related ads to Russian actors. But it didnt say how deeply it was investigating the issue, or whether there was other types of Russian interference on its platform.
It also hasnt said whether it will accept an invitation this week from the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify publicly on Nov. 1 about Russian interference on their platforms. The committee also invited Facebook and Twitter to that hearing. Facebook and Twitter havent said if they have accepted the invitation.
It is unclear what sort of activity, if any, happened on Googles sites. But Google runs the worlds largest advertising business and largest online-video site, YouTube, making it an obvious place for investigators to look.
Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, which is investigating Russian influence on the election, said that lawmakers want to speak to Google given their dominant force online that has an advertising component.
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Line up some Russian broads, I’ve got nothing else to do this weekend!
Google is a politicized, leftist organization. It is not capable of running an impartial investigation.
GO (gov’t) + OGLE (watch) = GOOGLE
Ever since Google field workers and Google executives helped Obama and Clinton organize their Arab Spring destabilization ploy in Egypt and Libya, the Russians have targeted Google.
Facebook too.
Can’t say as I blame them.
I'm sure they will "find" the evidence they are looking for. Much like the Russians once conducted investigations and "found" signed confessions of the people they were investigating. (Pay no attention to those red stains; must be borscht.) Google doing their good Stalinist work as part of the democrat/communist media/academia propaganda complex. The irony is not lost on me.
I would much rather see the headline with Google and Russian reversed.
What we really need is a Congressional investigation of Google’s relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency and NSA.
Mr. Putin, would you care to comment?
Sure sounds like it. I am sure it will 100% accurate, just like telling half truths is accurate.
Google news seemed to be on the Democrats payroll during the entire election process and now the Trump Presidency. I think they’re running out of new anti-Trump stories to run. That is why they’ve got to start “investigating” Russian influence.
This game of looking for one category of influence only (pro-Trump or anti-Hillary connected to Russia) produces an inflammatory result with no context or sense of proportion.
To produce something useful, Google must select an appropriate time period (such as 1-1-2014 through 12-31-2017), and political races (US Presidential primaries and general election, plus associated issues) then analyze ALL political ads for candidates and issues during said period. How many; when were they run; cost; who bought them; who actually paid for them; what and/or who they were for or against. With that data in hand, it might be possible to understand what was happening, and whether any crimes occurred. Anything narrower is a farce.
I suspect enormous amounts were spent by various domestic governments, NGO’s, foundations, unions, foreign states, fronts and agents for foreign states, groups associated with the Clinton Foundation network, etc., with the vast majority designed to help Hillary and hurt Trump, and to influence American opinion on certain issues, especially immigration and “Climate Change”. This is all potentially of enormous import compared to the tiny effort FaceBook attributes to the Russians. Yet the monster might as well not exist in the eyes of our corrupt government and media.
Google is liable for negligence , aiding and abetting.
If Mueller gets on the case, it will be criminal
Briefly can you say how this was done?
So after tons of $$$ and thousands of man hours they will finally determine that Russians do exist.
I don’t know if Russia is spying on me but I know Google is.
***In other news, Piggly Wiggly is investigating the death of Seth Rich.***
Yep, sort of like two prostitutes discussing the virtues of chastity!
1. SJWs always lie.
1. SJWs always project.
1. SJWs always double down.
Given that, you can develop a pretty reliable indicator of what the Democrats have been up to, by what they have been accusing Trump of.
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