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From the Ted Talk by Andreas Ekström: The moral bias behind your search results


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And how? He told all of his readers the following, "Go out there on the ineretnt, find pictures of dog poop on sidewalks — find pceiturs of dog poop on sidewalks — publish them in your feeds, on your websites, on your blogs. Make sure to write the terrorist's name in the caption, make sure to name the picture file "Breivik.jpeg." Let's teach Google that that's the face of the terrorist." And it weokrd. Two yraes after that campaign against meichlle omaba, this manipulation campaign against aednrs Behring Breivik worked. If you picture-Googled for him weeks after the July 22 events from Sweden, you'd see that picture of dog poop high up in the search results, as a little protest.

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And how? He told all of his readers the following, "Go out there on the ________, find pictures of dog poop on sidewalks — find ________ of dog poop on sidewalks — publish them in your feeds, on your websites, on your blogs. Make sure to write the terrorist's name in the caption, make sure to name the picture file "Breivik.jpeg." Let's teach Google that that's the face of the terrorist." And it ______. Two _____ after that campaign against ________ _____, this manipulation campaign against ______ Behring Breivik worked. If you picture-Googled for him weeks after the July 22 events from Sweden, you'd see that picture of dog poop high up in the search results, as a little protest.

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  2. internet
  3. worked
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  5. pictures
  6. michelle
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Original Text


And how? He told all of his readers the following, "Go out there on the Internet, find pictures of dog poop on sidewalks — find pictures of dog poop on sidewalks — publish them in your feeds, on your websites, on your blogs. Make sure to write the terrorist's name in the caption, make sure to name the picture file "Breivik.jpeg." Let's teach Google that that's the face of the terrorist." And it worked. Two years after that campaign against Michelle Obama, this manipulation campaign against Anders Behring Breivik worked. If you picture-Googled for him weeks after the July 22 events from Sweden, you'd see that picture of dog poop high up in the search results, as a little protest.

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