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UK election: parties take battle for ideas to social media

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Campaign activists are being deployed on social media before the general election in the UK. But many believe there is a lack of regulation over online campaigning, which has such an influential role on the outcome of a vote.

Added on the 09/12/2019 04:00:12 - Copyright : AFP EN

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