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

Brexit vote was in:

• 2015

• 2016

• 2017

Why was Ebbw Vale chosen to investigate?

• It was a post-industrial town.

• It voted 'remain'

• It had one of highest 'leave' votes.

The speaker expressed her sense of 'unreality'. Why?

• She couldn't grasp why people voted in the way they did in the light of obvious factual reality.

• People didn't like the EU.

• The EU did nothing for the town.

Facebook news feeds

• are easily traceable

• vanish and are untraceable

• can be found in your wall archive

Why does the UK limit the amount of money spent on election?

• To save polititians' money

• To stop people from buying votes

One example of fake news spread before the Brexit vote

• Albania joins the EU

• Ukraine joins the EU

• Turkey joins the EU

UK's main Brexit supporter

• Nigel Farage

• Robert Mercer

• Jack Dorsey

Cambridge Analytica

• is an academic institute

• supported Brexit

• illicitly harvested millions of Facebook accounts to profile and target them

Canaries were used in Wales

• to detect coal.

• to detect gas.

'Broken democracy'

• people are not allowed to vote

• technology which is beyond law messes with democratic elections