Ethnic profiling, TikTok politics and the use of voters’ personal data: diving into a worrying underground campaign

Ethnic profiling, TikTok politics and the use of voters’ personal data: diving into a worrying underground campaign

The method of Fouad Ahidar – a former Vooruit MP who positioned his movement as an identity lobby – is artisanal, but effective. For years, he has distributed his business card en masse in markets, inviting passers-by to send him an SMS. This approach allowed him to build an impressive database of telephone numbers, estimated … Read more