Episode 1083 • • 1:41:48 - 1:47:15
1083: The Zoomers
Facebook Research, Political Mobilization, 2010 Midterms
A 2012 study from Facebook Research reveals that the company conducted a massive experiment on 61 million users during the 2010 midterms to influence voter turnout. The study claimed that "social contagion" messages increased turnout by 340,000 votes. The hosts express shock that this direct manipulation of elections by Facebook is rarely discussed in congressional hearings.