Big Data, Political Campaigning and the Law

Normann Witzleb, Moira Paterson and Janice Richardson all work at the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia.

Table of contents



Introduction



1 Political Micro-Targeting in an Era of Big Data Analytics: an Overview of the Regulatory Issues

Janice Richardson, Normann Witzleb and Moira Paterson



Section One: The Need for a Civic Disposition



2 From Mass to Automated Media: Revisiting The ‘Filter Bubble’

Mark Andrejevic & Zala Volcic



3 Filter bubbles, Democracy and Conceptions of Self: A Brief Genealogy and a Spinozist Perspective

Janice Richardson



4 Voting Public: Leveraging Personal Information to Construct Voter Preference

Jacquelyn Burkell & Priscilla M. Regan



Section Two: Public International and European Law



5 International Law and New Challenges to Democracy in the Digital Age: Big Data, Privacy and Interferences with the Political Process

Dominik Steiger



6 Social Media in Election Campaigns: Free Speech or a Danger for Democracy?

Udo Fink



7 Freedom of Processing of Personal Data for the Purpose of Electoral Activities after the GDPR

Maeve McDonagh



Section Three: Domestic Laws in Canada, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom



8 From the Doorstep to the Database: Political Parties, Campaigns, and Personal Privacy Protection in Canada

Colin J. Bennett & Michael McDonald



9 Freedom of Political Communication in an Era of Big Data: Time to Rethink the Political Exemption in the Australian Privacy Act

Moira Paterson & Normann Witzleb



10 Big Data and the Electoral Process in the United States: Constitutional Constraint and Limited Data Privacy Regulations

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.



11 Data and Political Campaigning in the Era of Big Data – the UK Experience

Stephanie Hankey, Ravi Naik and Gary Wright