Fake news a democratic crisis for UK, MPs warn (bbc.co.uk).
Being the British MPs forming the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee nawty Zuck declined to visit with pouted lip (updated 1st May 2018), heading to explain himself and say “sorry, rlly” to the bigger market that is the European Union that next year Blighty will no longer be a part of and have any say in instead.
The UK faces a “democratic crisis” with voters being targeted with “pernicious views” and data being manipulated, a parliamentary committee is set to warn.
“Set to warn” because it’s a first report leaked by the poshly named Dominic Cummings, director of the official Brexit campaign group Vote Leave, who was asked and officially summoned to appear before said committee but also refused. The report being due to be released on Sunday but Cummings calling it “fake news” and releasing it on his blog instead, very much suggesting said committee is toothless and somewhat limply lacking parliamentary BDE (independent.co.uk, Jun. 2018).
Note: This post has been moved to Blog due to length of extended updates.
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