Data owns the (electoral) future

[davidbfpo]

Slowly the debate on data capture and electoral politics is moving along in the UK, although to the discomfort of the parties in parliament.

At the weekend a columnist asked whether Russia had influenced the Brexit Referendum and the General Election:

Here’s a puzzle: although Britain is the only country to do exactly what Russia wanted it do and leave the EU, there is no British equivalent of the FBI investigation. Journalists have tried to fill the gap.

Link:https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ladimir-putin?

In parallel there is a steady accumulation of information on mysterious cash transfers in the Brexit referendum, ostensibly received by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland, from a body few have ever heard of and no-one knows who gave them the money.

That and more was covered in a recent public conference (podcast and summary):https://www.byline.com/column/74