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Facebook's role in Brexit - and the threat to democracy

TED Carole Cadwalladr

In an unmissable talk, journalist 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? 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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