Feminism, cyber warfare and politics feature at sell-out Cliveden Literary Festival

The Cliveden Literary Festival returned for a third time last weekend with Ian McEwan, Howard Jacobson and Elif Shafak among the authors taking part in a busy event that saw speakers discuss topics from feminism to Russian spies, cyberwarfare and conspiracy theories to secrets of the universe.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 13:22:16 UTC ]
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How Russia cyber attacks helped Trump to the US presidency | Kathleen Hall Jamieson

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Facebook cracks down on ‘dark ads’ by British political groups

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Facebook purged over 800 accounts and pages pushing political messages for profit

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