This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

This is a powerful talk with a message that should be heeded.

 

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she details a fast-moving technological coup and the rise of the “broligarchy”: an unprecedentedly powerful class of tech executives (like Elon Musk) who are complicit in dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world. She shares a guide on how to digitally disobey in this age of runaway corporate power, data harvesting and mass surveillance — and reminds you that you have more power than you think.

(Recorded at TED2025 on April 8, 2025)

https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE