Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old
Summary
A 21-year-old recent college graduate, Rahil Prakash, created a website called Median Strategies that published fake election polls for states like Wisconsin, Nevada, and California. The website closed after a reporter questioned its legitimacy, and Prakash said the project was meant to show how easily false poll information can spread in politics.Key Facts
- Rahil Prakash, age 21, ran the anonymous polling website Median Strategies.
- The website published fake election poll results in multiple states, including Wisconsin, Nevada, and California.
- Median Strategies shut down after reporters investigated its polling practices.
- Prakash described the project as a "short-term social experiment" using fake polls to test how quickly false information spreads.
- Some real politicians and media cited the fake polls without verifying them first.
- Prakash created the site alone using artificial intelligence technology.
- He apologized to candidates affected by the false polls, such as Karen Bass and Nithya Raman.
- Median Strategies was not funded by any campaigns or outside groups, and Prakash did not gain financially.
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