Carole Cadwalladr Warns of 'Digital Coup' in TED Talk
'It's a coup. I know you probably don't want to hear that, and especially here, but we can’t fight it if we can’t see it. And we can’t see it if we don’t name it'

Carole Cadwalladr just gave one of the most important talks of our time. The investigative reporter who helped break the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 lays it out plain: we’re in the middle of a digital coup.
Please watch her speech (17 minutes) and share it with everyone you know. Cadwalladr issues an urgent warning but also leaves room for hope. We can regain control of the future — but only if we act with urgency.
Says Cadwalladr:
We are not powerless. The 30,000 people who supported me proved that – we are not powerless. Because we know who we are, and we know what we stand for. And my question to Silicon Valley is, do you?
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