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The Great British Brexit Robbery (Guardian)
"This is not just a story about social psychology and data analytics. It has to be understood in terms of a military contractor using military strategies on a civilian population. Us."
A frightening read on "a shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump, and the Leave campaign"
"There are three strands to this story. How the foundations of an authoritarian surveillance state are being laid in the US. How British democracy was subverted through a covert, far-reaching plan of coordination enabled by a US billionaire. And how we are in the midst of a massive land grab for power by billionaires via our data. Data which is being silently amassed, harvested and stored. Whoever owns this data owns the future."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy
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The Great British Brexit Robbery (Guardian) (Original Post)
dooner
May 2017
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DK504
(3,847 posts)1. It's no wonder Congress and world government take away internet privacy.
" Data which is being silently amassed, harvested and stored. Whoever owns this data owns the future."
Sculpin Beauregard
(1,046 posts)2. This is unprecedented interference in global democracy!
Facebook is being used against us! I closed my account a while back. I do not miss it.
Mercer must be investigated. Facebook too. This info needs to be spread so that people can adjust their online habits to defend against this theft.
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)3. The crazy asshole is their crowning glory
deurbano
(2,895 posts)4. We are screwed.