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Radio appearance: Facebook announces attempted election interference

Posted on August 1, 2018October 4, 2018 by Josh Cowls

I was interviewed on Monocle 24 Radio earlier to discuss Facebook’s announcement that it has identified attempts to influence the forthcoming U.S. midterm elections:

The Monocle Globalist, 1st August.

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