State action to regulate social media is unproblematic in principle, but deeply problematic in practice – and the law of unintended consequences applies.
A well-intentioned but badly designed EU law is irritating consumers and making life far harder for charities and businesses. After Brexit we will be able to fix it.
If Hillary and Remain had won, using the same methods, would anyone at the Guardian or the BBC have cared a bean about Cambridge Analytica’s behaviour?
From the original raid through to the attempt by former officers to bring down a Government minister on moralising grounds, this is an unedifying picture.