This puts a lot of power in the TelCo's hands...
Democracy is in crisis and unaccountable flows of money are helping to destroy it. Peter Geoghegan’s new book, ‘Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics’, charts how secretive money, lobbying and data has warped our democracy.
How has dark money bought our politics? What can be done to change the system?
Join us for a journey through a shadowy world of dark money and disinformation stretching from Westminster to Washington, and far beyond.
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Peter Geoghegan Dark Money Investigations editor at openDemocracy and the author of ‘Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics’.
Mary Fitzgerald Editor-in-chief, openDemocracy.
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