What did Joe Rogan say about Robert Epstein's research on Google search manipulation?

Joe Rogan said researcher Robert Epstein, a past guest on his show, has shown that curated search results can shift the views of undecided voters by around 30%. Searching one candidate brings up flattering stories while another brings up scandals, which Rogan says is enough to swing a close election. Rogan called it propaganda of the most insidious kind and said that kind of tech should be illegal.

• The conversation links search curation to Cambridge Analytica, which a report read on air said harvested data from up to 87 million Facebook profiles.
• Rogan also criticised Flock camera networks after reports of police using them to track people they were dating.

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“And that kind of tech should be illegal.” Joe Rogan · at 2:37:17 — open in the transcript →

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on The Joe Rogan Experience (2026-10-23). Read the whole episode summary →

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