This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.
In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “broligarchy” — the powerful tech executives who are using their global digital platforms to amass unprecedented geopolitical power, dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world.
Her rallying cry:
Resist data harvesting and mass surveillance, and support others in a groundswell of digital disobedience.
“You have more power than you think,” she says
Why You Should Listen
Carole Cadwalladr’s courageous journalism probes the nexus of politics and Silicon Valley power.
A longtime feature writer for the UK's Guardian and Observer, she now explores "How to Survive the Broligarchy" in her Substack newsletter.
Her reporting has won a Polk Award and the Orwell Prize for political journalism.
She was also a Pulitzer finalist for National Reporting in 2019 with the New York Times, investigating Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the misuse of data in the Brexit referendum and the 2016 US presidential election.
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