Carole Cadwalladr – P2P Foundation https://blog.p2pfoundation.net Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 62076519 Carole Cadwalladr on Facebook’s role in Brexit and its threat to democracy https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/carole-cadwalladr-on-facebooks-role-in-brexit-and-its-threat-to-democracy/2019/05/02 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/carole-cadwalladr-on-facebooks-role-in-brexit-and-its-threat-to-democracy/2019/05/02#respond Thu, 02 May 2019 08:00:00 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=75001 In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK’s super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Tracking the result to a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at vulnerable Brexit swing voters — and linking the same players and tactics to the 2016... Continue reading →

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]]> In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK’s super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Tracking the result to a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at vulnerable Brexit swing voters — and linking the same players and tactics to the 2016 US presidential election — Cadwalladr calls out the “gods of Silicon Valley” for being on the wrong side of history and asks: Are free and fair elections a thing of the past?

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