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Did Cambridge Analytica play a role in the EU referendum?

Geoff Riley

16th July 2017

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BBC Newsnight investigates whether the EU referendum was highjacked by data analytics company Cambridge Analytica.

Is big data a threat to the way in which elections and referenda are conducted?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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