Britain is proving a lawless landscape for political
mudslingers mining cyberspace for votes in an
election that could determine the U.K.’s future
relationship with the European Union.
Two years after Britain found itself at the
epicenter of a global scandal over the misuse
of Facebook data by political campaigns and a
year after lawmakers called for sweeping reforms
to protect democracy in the digital age, the
country’s biggest political parties are bombarding
voters with misleading social media messages
after the government failed to act.
The ruling Conservative Party circulated a
doctored video that made it look as if an
opposition leader had been stumped when
asked about his position on Brexit, then
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