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by austerity 3736 days ago
If by "skew" you mean publish some (true or at least reasonably verified) information that could influence the voters' decision then why the hell not?
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clouddrover 3736 days ago
The skewing of opinion can be done by biasing the results of a web search. As discussed on HN before, a search engine has a strong influence over the decision making of its users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11255633
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austerity 3736 days ago
It could and it would be wrong. But it's not at all what this leak is about.
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akerro 3736 days ago
Or maybe hide some other information about other candidates that don't match their opinions, takes their profits?
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