The interesting thing that happened to me the other day regarding corporates messing with democracy.
First time I have got a suggestion on my mobile for Google+ article to read (I am not using Google+ at all) was I think right after the presidency was won by Trump - the article was highly critical of him. Then within a week, I have got another two suggestions for similar articles that were critical of him. And then nothing again. No suggestion since then.
Now, as being a person that does not follow any mainstream media, no TV news, etc. this smelled like outright propaganda. Forcing their corporate views on to me. I might not be supporter of Trump, but I can think on my own, and I want to judge a President based on their actions rather than media storm started by media companies that lost credibility during the elections.
Google guessed that you would be interested in those articles based on your search behavior, that's their entire business model. There is no conspiracy to push Google's politics on you because it would undermine their perceived impartiality. They're everyone's search engine, not just Democrats.
This isn't the only example. The one I saw was Google pushing a special section on immigration to my main Youtube front page and, as far as I can tell, to everyone else's too a few weeks ago right after Trump's ban. It had completely different formatting from anything I've seen in the feed before or since, and seemed to contain identical videos for everyone. Youtube does not normally recommend political videos of any kind to me.
First time I have got a suggestion on my mobile for Google+ article to read (I am not using Google+ at all) was I think right after the presidency was won by Trump - the article was highly critical of him. Then within a week, I have got another two suggestions for similar articles that were critical of him. And then nothing again. No suggestion since then.
Now, as being a person that does not follow any mainstream media, no TV news, etc. this smelled like outright propaganda. Forcing their corporate views on to me. I might not be supporter of Trump, but I can think on my own, and I want to judge a President based on their actions rather than media storm started by media companies that lost credibility during the elections.