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Carole Cadwalladr
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NEW: How Facebook buys influence around the world. Vast global lobbying operation revealed in explosive internal docs obtained by @ObserverUK & @ComputerWeekly
theguardian.com/technology/201…
Ireland plays key role as it regulates tech companies on behalf of all 28 EU members. But it’s beholden to the same companies for jobs & growth. Extraordinary revelations here on how Irish PM promised to covertly lobby in Europe on Facebook’s behalf...
And here’s how Facebook does it. Send in Sheryl to play bad cop. Give us the laws we want. Or we’ll site our data centres elsewhere..
...and then there’s the way Facebook deploys ‘female empowerment’ as a way of advancing its corporate agenda. Here’s Sandberg trying to use her feminist memoir to ‘bond’ with a hostile EU commissioner
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Carole Cadwalladr
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One year ago today...
The Cambridge Analytica scandal began with LeaveEU. And one year on from @chrisinsilico's revelations, today - for first time ever! - a ray of hope! The gig is so up for @nigel_farage. The emperor has no clothes. And his friend Donny Trump is going down..
And what @chrisinsilico revealed a year ago is how Brexit & Trump are 2 same campaigns linked by 2 same companies: Cambridge Analytica & Facebook. It's transnational money, data, crime. And boggles the mind that anyone on the left could support this...
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Carole Cadwalladr
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I think I may have reached my moment of total despair. The full video is all over YouTube. All over Facebook. Look, a single upload on FB - 23,000 views in 1 hour. And 1000s out there. We just cannot let Facebook & Google continue to operate beyond the law. It's insane
The killer was steeped in internet culture. He intended this video to go viral to inspire others. Just as he was inspired by Breivik. And it has. Facebook & Google broadcasting it right now to millions. That is not algos gone bad. It's a human decision
bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-w…
And yes, @OwenJones84 & @afneil this is *exactly* the same story as the Brexit crimes you insist on ignoring. It's big tech facilitating the breaking of national laws & being wholly unaccountable to our parliament. The idea it doesn't matter is ridiculous & terrifying
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Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla
Last week @arron_banks & @andywigmore went to Veneto, the heartland of Italy's Lega Nord. Today, the plan is revealed. The fascists have agreed to help Britain exit without a deal. Salvini will block an extension of article 50. We're fucked.
Here's @nigel_farage laying it out. It needs an unanimous agreement to extend article 50. And Farage's fascist friends will block it. This is the plan. It's in plain sight. This is no deal

Why did @andywigmore turn off his Twitter geographical locator for 24 hours after he got to Venice last week, I wondered. Why is he skiing in Cortina when he's got a chalet in Wengen? What was the deal, boys? What have you promised in return?
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