From election-integrity attacks to synthetic outrage around local issues, Kyle Findlay, co-founder of data science firm Murmur Intelligence, uses data to cut through the noise and reveal who is pulling the strings.
Ever wondered why a non-local issue suddenly dominates your timeline, or how to spot an authentic grassroots movement versus a paid narrative campaign? Following his talk at The Gathering, @kylef is on DMC to answer all your questions. Now is your chance to get direct answers from one of the country’s leading experts.
From Hermanus Visser on The Gathering’s virtual platform:
In my ward in the last election only 215 people voted. We only have 29.2 million registered voters in the country, out of those only around one third actually vote. Conscientious objection is one thing, but the stats are not in democracy’s favour. How can we call ourselves a democracy if our ‘demos’ do not even feel that they have a place at the table?
Only 1 in 3 people vote for their municipality | GroundUp
From Sisanda Simelane on The Gathering’s virtual platform:
Should the Constitution be amended to allow National intervention from the moment local government fails its citizens? Courts have said many times justice delayed is justice denied.