Has our democracy become the wild west?

    Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation

    Description

    I was invited to attend this event - which was attended by approx. 45 people, including Amber Rudd MP, mainstream journalists, law lords, regulators and NGOs. I advanced its agenda and discussion with a critical question on what Theresa May, the cabinet and UK intelligence agencies knew during the Brexit campaign about dark money and dark data being used by the Leave campaign. The event concluded that our democracy was under grave attack by dark money, dark data and deception, and that urgent reform was needed of our Electoral Law.
    Period17 Jul 2018
    Held atElectoral Reform Society, United Kingdom
    Degree of RecognitionNational

    Keywords

    • disinformation
    • democracy
    • digital campaigning