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Pollster admits to fabricating data for ‘social experiment’ to expose flaws of industry
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supersquirrel lemmy.ca supersquirrel@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-08-07
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Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/21/polling-fabricated-data-social-experiment

“I wanted to see if fake polls could really penetrate the ecosystem that easily,” Rahil Prakash told the Guardian when reached by phone. “And as it turned out, it could.”
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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
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“I wanted to see if fake polls could really penetrate the ecosystem that easily,” Rahil Prakash told the Guardian when reached by phone. “And as it turned out, it could.”

*laughs in William Randolph Hearst*
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crenquis lemmy.today crenquis@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-10-01
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Pretty sure they did it to insider trade in Kalshi.
Social engineering is the cover story after being caught.
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