The Guardian view on big data: the danger is less democracy
The Observer’s discovery that a secretive firm apparently bankrolled by a rightwing billionaire was at work in the Brexit referendum to sway voters selected on the basis of their Facebook profiles highlights the way in which the erosion of privacy can lead to an erosion of democracy – and will inevitably do so without firm, clear, principled action by governments and courts.
I believe this 'data mining' has gone a step too far as its being used to sway a political vote which is highly undemocratic. In the event that these vulnerabilities wind up being abused, then the "majority rule government" that as of now exists will disintegrate. With this current it's basic that they are controlled to such a level where they can't be gotten to, be that as it may I question this is even conceivable, particularly with the stage we're at now.
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