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That is why it's so easy to use search results to shift people's opinions
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The Creepy Line

That is why it's so easy to use searchresults to shift people's opinions

That is why it's so easy to use search
results to shift people's opinions

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That is why it's so easy to use search results to shift people's opinions.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:59
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Wandering Foot Productions

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Movie Summary

The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and how they do it.
This kind of phenomenon, this is really scary compared to something like fake news - The Creepy Line 00:10
This kind of phenomenon, this is really scary compared to so...
They can't see it. It's not competitive because, well, for one thing, - The Creepy Line 00:09
They can't see it. It's not competitive because, w...
Google controls 90% of search in most of the world. - The Creepy Line 00:08
Google controls 90% of search in most of the world.
Google is only going to show you one list, in one order, - The Creepy Line 00:11
Google is only going to show you one list, in one order,
The second thing they do is what you might call the autofill in. - The Creepy Line 00:05
The second thing they do is what you might call the autofill...
If you are searching for a political candidate, Congressman John Smith, - The Creepy Line 00:14
If you are searching for a political candidate, Congressman ...
If you have four positive search suggestions for a candidate, - The Creepy Line 00:08
If you have four positive search suggestions for a candidate...
People whose opinions can be shifted shift because people are likely to - The Creepy Line 00:14
People whose opinions can be shifted shift because people ar...
That is going to connect them to web pages that favor that candidate, - The Creepy Line 00:16
That is going to connect them to web pages that favor that c...
One negative, and in some demographic groups draw 10 to 15 times as many - The Creepy Line 00:10
One negative, and in some demographic groups draw 10 to 15 t...
Turns out that Google is manipulating your opinions from the very first character - The Creepy Line 00:11
Turns out that Google is manipulating your opinions from the...
So, this is an incredibly powerful and simple means of manipulation. - The Creepy Line 00:07
So, this is an incredibly powerful and simple means of manip...
If you are a search engine company, - The Creepy Line 00:13
If you are a search engine company,
All kinds of people over time will shift their opinions in that direction - The Creepy Line 00:14
All kinds of people over time will shift their opinions in t...
And then third, very often Google gives you a box, - The Creepy Line 00:12
And then third, very often Google gives you a box,
When it comes to local search, which it turns out is the most - The Creepy Line 00:09
When it comes to local search, which it turns out is the mos...
If I'm doing a search for a pediatrician in Scranton, Pennsylvania, - The Creepy Line 00:24
If I'm doing a search for a pediatrician in Scranton, P...
These are just Google's reviews that it's attempted to collect over the years. - The Creepy Line 00:06
These are just Google's reviews that it's attempte...
Users are habituated to assume the stuff at the top is the best, but instead, - The Creepy Line 00:25
Users are habituated to assume the stuff at the top is the b...
She's just getting served the Google thing, no matter what, and that, - The Creepy Line 00:10
She's just getting served the Google thing, no matter w...