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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Former Vote Leave data chief accused of pro-Tory 'disinformation'
Thomas Borwick, former Cambridge Analytica consultant, boasted he could use proxy groups on Facebook to 'split...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionShould Twitter, Google and Facebook be allowed to alter the rules of campaigning overnight?
Platform companies are acting under pressure to tackle political advertising – but their actions may have...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFacebook buffeted by storms, but can the scrutiny help prevent dark influence on the coming UK election?
UK lawmakers have been slow to act on Facebook’s influence on our democracy, though more outspoken when it comes to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFacebook and policing the war of narratives
Abdul Baset al-Sarout's death brings the Syrian war into cyberspace.
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Published in: HomeFacebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders
On the eve of European elections, the tech giants stand accused of sabotaging the European Union’s fight against...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesIs the internet to blame for the rise of authoritarianism?
Three perspectives on whether the internet is having a damaging impact on democracy.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMark Zuckerberg’s dilemma – what to do with the monster he has created?
Facebook seems surprised that its monopolistic platform has been weaponised by political actors. So who's going to...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsThe DUP’s Facebook ads for Brexit targeted voters outside Northern Ireland
Information released by Facebook shows the DUP said Brexit would be “better for our borders”.
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Published in: HomeTo restore trust in technology, we must go further than GDPR
Privacy controls are a step in the right direction but more must be done to tackle misinformation.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesThe Cam-Book gate scandal will not restore our privacy, will it?
For us to care about the practices of corporations, reclaim our privacy and contest mass-surveillance we should not...
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Published in: HomeHow should we think about Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, Russia and shady billionaires
An authoritarian surveillance state is being built in the US, while a massive land grab for power, by billionaires...
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Published in: TransformationCan Facebook damage your mental health?
Studies are starting to reveal how social media are changing our lives—for better and for worse.
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Published in: TransformationOpen protocols and open people: preserving the transformational potential of social media
People are the most valuable thing on the internet, so the power to connect, share and work together shouldn’t be...
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Published in: HomeOstrom and the Commons
Elinor Ostrom's studies of commons-based social organization have important lessons for those looking to develop new...
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Published in: Home20, 2000 and 2: the three shadows of Facebook
The eternal campus of the global middle class; the solution to the injunction to love ones fellow; a riskless...