Facebook's silencing of a whistleblower reveals tech's private justice system and the rise of the Broligarchy
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Carole Cadwalladr
Summary
An investigative journalist (who helped expose the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal) returns from an absence to report on how Facebook silenced a whistleblower, revealing a private justice system where tech billionaires effectively write their own rules — a "post-state" future the author calls the "Broligarchy." The piece examines the alliance between Trump, Silicon Valley, and global autocrats, and the erosion of democratic accountability through tech-powered private governance.
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· 3 pulledTwo years ago, I called the alliance of Trump, Silicon Valley and a global axis of autocracy: a tech bro oligarchy, aka the Broligarchy.
Facebook's silencing of a whistleblower shines a light on a private justice system and a 'post-state' future where tech bros write the rules. Or as we call them, 'laws'
I'm an investigative journalist who's spent a decade reporting on the collision of technology and democracy including exposing the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal for the Guardian and the New York Times.
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