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WorksheetsFacebook's role in Brexit — and the threat to democracy
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
Democracy
will defend itself easily
is not inevitable, is not guaranteed
is doomed
