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SUMMARY:The Public Sphere in the Age of the Algorithm (Cambridge Science F
 estival) - Dr Jennifer Cobbe
DTSTART:20190314T193000Z
DTEND:20190314T203000Z
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CONTACT:Trust &amp\; Technology Initiative team
DESCRIPTION:\nIn recent years the internet has become a key battleground f
 or electoral politics. This talk will examine how surveillance capitalism 
 and the increasingly algorithmic nature of online public space allows the 
 public sphere and the democratic process to be manipulated by microtargete
 d political advertising\, disinformation\, and political bots.\n\nThis lec
 ture is part of the 2019 Cambridge Science Festival.
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
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