Facebook, Google tried to influence EU Referendum

While the results were still coming in on the EU Referendum, Julian Assange made a bold accusation that Facebook and Google were actively trying to influence the results.

While it wouldn’t surprise me, I figured he was probably exaggerating and figured I would see some mainstream articles debunking his claims by morning. Well, it’s been five days and I’ve not really seen any articles. If true, this should be a big story, right? Executives of social media sites should be asked about this, right?

Here’s the clip of Julian Assange. You’ll get the idea by simply watching a minute of this. Down below I’ll post the evidence I found. Some of what I found was simply by using the search bar on Facebook to pull up status updates.

Assange: Facebook and Google tried to influence #Brext result https://t.co/X8N2FNHitR More: https://t.co/ZUfh7WlZuv @deYook

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 24, 2016

Facebook users in the UK saw this when they logged in:

Google put a message reminding Brits to get out and vote. “Time to vote. The UK’s EU referendum happens today,” reads the update on Google.co.uk. The link provided takes you to a UK government website on the referendum.

Snapchat introduced a filter for users. The average age for a Snapchat user is 18.

Back in April, Facebook was chiding their active users (who tend to be younger and likely #Remain supporters) with automatic messages to not miss the registration deadline for the EU Referendum.

Alas, it wasn’t enough to get these kids out to vote…

It does seem appropriate that one of the #Remain protesters has “Google” on their sign.