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The ‘great hack’ – data-scraping for the far right
In our condemnation of Cambridge Analytica we must not rebuke its methods more than its motives, explain ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
THE Cambridge Analytica scandal blended together many modern worries: powerful computing technology, oversharing on social media, whistleblowers and shadowy figures undermining democracy around the world.
How information was harvested on you and your friends, perhaps even without your consent, before being used to influence the outcomes of elections was a huge story in the media. It was summarised recently in the documentary on the subject, The Great Hack.
Yet the media’s focus (which is replicated in the documentary) on the supposed uniqueness of the technology deployed by Cambridge Analytica means that it loses sight of the fact that the capitalist class has always had various means of disseminating propaganda to influence elections, of which this is merely the next generation.
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