A 21-year-old recent college graduate created an anonymous website, Median Strategies, which published fake election polling data in Wisconsin, Nevada, and California. The website was taken offline earlier this week after inquiries from a Los Angeles Times reporter. In a statement, the site described its activities as a 'short-term social experiment' aimed at exploring how fake polling could spread within the political information ecosystem without independent verification.
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21-Year-Old Behind Fake Election Polls Website
Rahil Prakash, a 21-year-old college graduate, operated a website called Median Strategies that disseminated fake election polls in several states. The site was shut down following media inquiries, with its creators labeling the project as a social experiment to study the spread of misinformation.
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