{"id":49978,"title":"Cadwalladr calls out the “gods of Silicon Valley” on the wrong side of history","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2019-04-17T09:54:06+00:00","modified":"2019-04-17T09:54:47+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/cadwalladr-calls-out-the-gods-of-silicon-valley-on-the-wrong-side-of-history/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/cadwalladr-calls-out-the-gods-of-silicon-valley-on-the-wrong-side-of-history.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/cadwalladr-calls-out-the-gods-of-silicon-valley-on-the-wrong-side-of-history.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"tags":["Brexit","Carole Cadwalladr","European Union","Facebook","journalist","presidential election"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK’s super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union.\n\n \n\n \n\nTracking the result to a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at vulnerable Brexit swing voters — and linking the same players and tactics to the 2016 US presidential election — Cadwalladr calls out the “gods of Silicon Valley” for being on the wrong side of history and asks: Are free and fair elections a thing of the past?\n\nThis talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the**[home page](https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_facebook_s_role_in_brexit_and_the_threat_to_democracy?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=talk&utm_term=technology)**\n\n \n\n![](https://www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/0b29742345644b9bfbcd9b2efd2eeb4ba1e65622_254x191.jpg)\n\n[Carole Cadwalladr](https://www.ted.com/speakers/carole_cadwalladr?) is a British investigative journalist and features writer."}