Fake polls: Rahil Prakash and the license to lie
In this political season, there is one question that needs no poll: Rahil Prakash is a liar.
The other thing we know is that he will likely get away with spreading fake polling results.
Lies can be protected speech under the First Amendment and, while Prakash would not likely want to take a popularity poll, he is unlikely to face legal consequences for his "short-term social experiment." We still do not know much about the twenty-one-year-old college graduate who reportedly admitted to releasing fake polling in the last election cycle.
What we do know is that he succeeded and such polls can influence critical campaign decisions.
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