Robert Epstein

We've done something that I was speculating about doing when I was here, which was building a nationwide monitoring system to surveil them the way they surveil us and see what content they're actually sending to real voters and to real kids.

We've done something that I was speculating about doing when I was here, which was building a nationwide monitoring system to surveil them the way they surveil us and see what content they're actually sending to real voters and to real kids.

We've done something that I was speculating about doing when I was here, which was building a nationwide monitoring system to surveil them the way they surveil us and see what content they're actually sending to real voters and to real kids.

It's fair to say that's where I was two and a half years ago. We have gone so far beyond that because it's not just search results. It's search suggestions, which we're capturing now by the millions. So it was in the news recently that when people were typing in Trump assassination, they were getting crazy stuff like the Lincoln assassination.

It's fair to say that's where I was two and a half years ago. We have gone so far beyond that because it's not just search results. It's search suggestions, which we're capturing now by the millions. So it was in the news recently that when people were typing in Trump assassination, they were getting crazy stuff like the Lincoln assassination.

It's fair to say that's where I was two and a half years ago. We have gone so far beyond that because it's not just search results. It's search suggestions, which we're capturing now by the millions. So it was in the news recently that when people were typing in Trump assassination, they were getting crazy stuff like the Lincoln assassination.

They were getting crazy stuff and they were not getting information about the Trump attempted assassination. And, you know, I looked at that and I said, oh, isn't this nice? There's an anecdote about how they may be abusing search suggestions. We don't have anecdotal data anymore. We have hardcore, large-scale scientific data on all of these issues.

They were getting crazy stuff and they were not getting information about the Trump attempted assassination. And, you know, I looked at that and I said, oh, isn't this nice? There's an anecdote about how they may be abusing search suggestions. We don't have anecdotal data anymore. We have hardcore, large-scale scientific data on all of these issues.

They were getting crazy stuff and they were not getting information about the Trump attempted assassination. And, you know, I looked at that and I said, oh, isn't this nice? There's an anecdote about how they may be abusing search suggestions. We don't have anecdotal data anymore. We have hardcore, large-scale scientific data on all of these issues.

We know what's actually going on and we've quantified the impact. See, it's one thing to say, oh, look what they're doing. It's quite another to say, what impact does that have on people?

We know what's actually going on and we've quantified the impact. See, it's one thing to say, oh, look what they're doing. It's quite another to say, what impact does that have on people?

We know what's actually going on and we've quantified the impact. See, it's one thing to say, oh, look what they're doing. It's quite another to say, what impact does that have on people?

Well, frankly, we couldn't care less about that because that's one anecdote. We're collecting these by the millions. And what we know, we know a couple of things. We know that, first of all, they're not... You know, it started out as one thing and it's turned into something else. And so what they do is they use search suggestions to shift people's thinking about anything.

Well, frankly, we couldn't care less about that because that's one anecdote. We're collecting these by the millions. And what we know, we know a couple of things. We know that, first of all, they're not... You know, it started out as one thing and it's turned into something else. And so what they do is they use search suggestions to shift people's thinking about anything.

Well, frankly, we couldn't care less about that because that's one anecdote. We're collecting these by the millions. And what we know, we know a couple of things. We know that, first of all, they're not... You know, it started out as one thing and it's turned into something else. And so what they do is they use search suggestions to shift people's thinking about anything.

It's not just about candidates either. It's about anything. And we've shown in controlled experiments. that by manipulating search suggestions, you can turn a 50-50 split among undecided voters into a 90-10 split, with no one having the slightest idea that they have been manipulated.

It's not just about candidates either. It's about anything. And we've shown in controlled experiments. that by manipulating search suggestions, you can turn a 50-50 split among undecided voters into a 90-10 split, with no one having the slightest idea that they have been manipulated.

It's not just about candidates either. It's about anything. And we've shown in controlled experiments. that by manipulating search suggestions, you can turn a 50-50 split among undecided voters into a 90-10 split, with no one having the slightest idea that they have been manipulated.

It always goes a specific way, but I'm going to show you maybe a little later if I haven't put you to sleep or if my meltdown hasn't gotten too bad because I'm not quite finished with my meltdown yet. So I'll show you content, data, large scale that we're collecting now 24 hours a day, and I'll show you what they're actually doing. An anecdote, those don't hold up in court.

It always goes a specific way, but I'm going to show you maybe a little later if I haven't put you to sleep or if my meltdown hasn't gotten too bad because I'm not quite finished with my meltdown yet. So I'll show you content, data, large scale that we're collecting now 24 hours a day, and I'll show you what they're actually doing. An anecdote, those don't hold up in court.