Facebook executives waded into a firestorm of criticism on Saturday, after news reports revealed that a data firm with ties to the Trump campaign harvested private information from millions of Facebook users. Several executives took to Twitter to insist that the data leak was not technically a “breach.” But critics were outraged by the response […]
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Britain’s Contenders Have a Habit of Botching It
Just weeks after Germany’s surrender in World War II, Britain’s victorious leader, Winston Churchill, was hoping to be reelected his country’s prime minister in the summer of 1945. Keen to take the fight to Labour opponents, both Churchill and his supporters imagined his opening campaign speech would reinforce his status as a national hero. What […]
Why These British Election Hopefuls Are Botching It
Just weeks after Germany’s surrender in World War II, Britain’s victorious leader, Winston Churchill, was hoping to be reelected his country’s prime minister in the summer of 1945. Keen to take the fight to Labour opponents, both Churchill and his supporters imagined his opening campaign speech would reinforce his status as a national hero. What […]