Brexit & Russia

[lardy]

Even if they did influence , I just imagine taking any notice of a tweet , surely you vote with your own brain, not vote on sone random social media comment ,or am I missing something .

Next thing we will get is the general election was influenced by the same, and that will cross over with the opinion that Labour were successful In using the very same medium .

Yes, you're missing something. It's more sophisticated than that.

Plenty of people are rooted in their beliefs, in this case either leave or remain. But you target the floating voters, that's what has happened in General Elections for decades - invest your resources where it will make a difference. There's no point trying to win a safe seat.

Once you get hold of the data trail that people leave on the web, social media and web history, then you can find the susceptible ones and target them. If 80% of the 'news' they see is slanted one way, and it's backed up by bots seemingly making it the majority opinion, then these people will likely be motivated to use their vote this way. And they'll share the stories with just one click; now the stories are coming from people they trust.

There are rules that political parties and UK media have to follow during election campaigns. Those rules don't affect groups outside the UK, so yes GEs can certainly be affected.

[Wales-Bales]

Yes, you're missing something. It's more sophisticated than that.

Plenty of people are rooted in their beliefs, in this case either leave or remain. But you target the floating voters, that's what has happened in General Elections for decades - invest your resources where it will make a difference. There's no point trying to win a safe seat.

Once you get hold of the data trail that people leave on the web, social media and web history, then you can find the susceptible ones and target them. If 80% of the 'news' they see is slanted one way, and it's backed up by bots seemingly making it the majority opinion, then these people will likely be motivated to use their vote this way. And they'll share the stories with just one click; now the stories are coming from people they trust.

There are rules that political parties and UK media have to follow during election campaigns. Those rules don't affect groups outside the UK, so yes GEs can certainly be affected.

It's the system that is wrong, we should have PR, not left v right and blue v red. This is what divides us instead of uniting us.

[lardy]

It's the system that is wrong, we should have PR, not left v right and blue v red. This is what divides us instead of uniting us.

How does PR work for a yes/no vote?

[Wales-Bales]

How does PR work for a yes/no vote?

Have a referendum

[lardy]

Have a referendum

How does PR/referendum stop outside interference and targetting of voters?

[Wales-Bales]

How does PR/referendum stop outside interference and targetting of voters?

Educate the citizens properly and these type of issues will have no effect.

[lardy]

Educate the citizens properly and these type of issues will have no effect.

Where does PR come into this?