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The Media Show: Is this the TikTok election?

Author
BBC World Service
Published
Thu 30 May 2024
Episode Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6plk

This week we look at Big Tech and its role in a crucial election year around the world. Baroness Martha Lane Fox, who sat on the board of X (formerly Twitter), assesses the platform’s changing attitude towards political content.

Also in the programme, as the general election campaign heats up in the UK, will TikTok help the candidates reach younger voters?

Presenter: Katie Razzall

Guests: Shona Ghosh, Senior Editor, Bloomberg; Martha Lane Fox, former board member, Twitter/X; Sean Topham, Co-Founder, Topham Guerin; Timandra Harkness, author of Technology is Not the Problem; Sam Jeffers, Executive Director, Who Targets Me

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