Google critic, 66, who testified that the tech giant's 2016 'election meddling gave 2.6m votes to Hillary Clinton' now suggests his wife's fatal car crash was NOT an accident
Robert Epstein, 66, said in July the internet giant's methods 'gave' millions of votes to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election
In December he announced that his wife, Misti Dawn Vaughn died in a crash
On Sunday he tweeted that her 'death makes you wonder' after his briefings
On January 4 he tweeted: 'I AM STILL NOT SUICIDAL. Hear that Google? Hillary?'
He had earlier dismissed the idea that '#Google or #Hillary had anything to do with Misti's death', but seems to have changed his mind in recent days
Epstein, a psychology professor, has criticized Google’s operations and ethics
He testified that Google's algorithm gave 2.6 million votes to Hillary Clinton
Vaughn's truck spun out of control while out driving in California in December
A high profile critic of Google, who accused the search engine of meddling in the 2016 election, has now suggested his wife's fatal car crash was not an accident.
Robert Epstein, 66, said in July the internet giant's methods 'gave' millions of votes to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election.
In December he announced that his wife, Misti Dawn Vaughn, 29, died after her truck spun out of control along a road in California and into the path of a tractor-trailer.
On Sunday he tweeted: 'Last year, after I briefed a group of state AGs about #Google's power to rig elections, one of them said, "I think you're going to die in an accident in a few months." A few months later, my beautiful wife #Misti died a violent death. Makes you wonder.'
Epstein had earlier tweeted on January 4: 'BTW, although losing Misti is devastating for me - there will never be another Misti in my life, after all - I AM STILL NOT SUICIDAL. Hear that, #Google? Hear that, #Hillary?'
He had earlier dismissed the idea that '#Google or #Hillary had anything to do with Misti's death', but seems to have changed his mind in recent days.
Epstein, a psychology professor at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, concluded that Google's search methods 'gave' millions of votes to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election.
In July, Epstein outlined his claims under questioning by Sen Ted Cruz of Texas, who had at one time been President Donald Trump's chief primary challenger.
'I know the number of votes that shifted because I have conducted dozens of controlled experiments in the US and other countries that measure precisely how opinions and votes shift when search results favor one candidate, cause, or company,' Epstein testified.
Epstein testified that Google's search techniques 'shifted at least 2.6 millions votes to Clinton'.
Epstein said he analyzed 13,000 election-related searches from the campaign and that they were 'significantly biased in favor of Secretary Clinton'.
He said he 'conducted dozens of controlled experiments that measure how opinions shift when search results are biased.
'I call this shift "SEME" – the Search Engine Manipulation Effect,' he said.
Epstein claims the search results have an 'subliminal' effect on voters that he calls 'online ephemeral experiences'.
Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, so Epstein's theory gives the impression Google could have made the difference in the outcome.
However, even without getting into whether it is possible for a search engine to change individual voter preferences, Epstein testified that as many as 15 million votes could be impacted in 2020.
Epstein also claimed Google's 'Go Vote' display gave an 800,000 vote advantage to the Democratic Party.
Published: 11:25 EST, 20 January 2020 | Updated: 03:35 EST, 21 January 2020
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