Hello. this week, we re looking at big tech and its role in a crucial election year around the world. we re joined by baroness martha lane fox, who sat on the board of x, formerly twitter, until 2022. she tells us about the platform s changing attitude towards political content. plus, is bro culture still prevalent in silicon valley? we ask our tech experts if they ve seen a shift in attitudes and how it compares to the uk. first, in the uk, the general election campaign is heating up ahead of polling day injuly. prime minister rishi sunak and keir starmer, leader of the main opposition party, labour, are hitting the campaign trail in their battle buses. but how are they also using tiktok and other social media platforms as a campaign tool? some people are dubbing this the uk s first tiktok election.
Fox, who sat on the board of x, formerly twitter, until 2022. she tells us about the platform s changing attitude towards political content. plus, is bro culture still prevalent in silicon valley? we ask our tech experts if they ve seen a shift in attitudes and how it compares to the uk. first, in the uk, the general election campaign is heating up ahead of polling day injuly. prime minister rishi sunak and keir starmer, leader of the main opposition party, labour, are hitting the campaign trail in their battle buses. but how are they also using tiktok and other social media platforms as a campaign tool? some people are dubbing this the uk s first tiktok election. after the conservatives announced their proposals for national service for 18 year olds, rishi sunak also did his first video
And saying as long as he s not impeached, a president could assassinate his political rivals viewing the u.s. armed forces. you would think you wouldn t want to make that argument in purely political terms. and i think they just think there s nothing they can say on these terms that s going to hurt them politically. i think you are right. i think donald trump believes these court cases are helping him. i think he sees them as a campaign tool. and give me a minute here, okay? just give me a minute. this guy, that represented trump today, is from missouri. and he s harvard. he clerked for luttig, chris. he clerked for the conservative judge that is advancing the plain text of the constitution supporting the 14th amendment should remove donald trump from the ballot. he clerked for scalia, and by the way, elise stefanik, who is now saying, yeah, who cares about the rule of law, and is going to make up stuff, and the rule of law doesn t matter, she s a harvard crowd. so i ve got a news fl
Bulwark, and they join me now. clare, i was struck today that whatever you thought of the legal argumentation, which i thought was fairly preposterous and outlandish, you know, saying, yeah, you biting the bullet and saying, yeah, as long as he s not impeached, a president could assassinate his political rivals using the u.s. armed forces. like, you would think you wouldn t want to make that argument in purely political terms. and i think they just think there is nothing they could say on these terms that s going to hurt them politically. i think you re right. i think donald trump believes these court cases are helping him. any think he sees them as a campaign tool. and give me a minute here, okay, just give me a minute. this guy that represented trump today is from missouri, okay? and he s harvard. he clerked for looting it, chris. he clerked for the conservative judge that is advancing the plain text of the constitution supporting the 14th amendment should remove donald trump from