Published On Jan 30, 2020
"The 5-Star Movement promised to bring the people back into Italian politics with the help of technology. But what if this technology is run by a morphed Mark Zuckerberg, who controls his company, a consultancy and the party all at once? And what happens if, like most start-ups and shady schemes, it all collapses? In the first instalment of DEMOCRAZY, Nico takes a look at Davide Casaleggio, the man steering the movement - perhaps into the ground."
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3) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ma... | STEFANO CAVICCHI/REX
4) Magazine "Chi" on the 25. 10. 2017
5) https://vote.rousseau.movimento5stell... on 28/01/2020
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Research / further reading:
On Casaleggio:
Jason Horowitz, “The Mystery Man Who Runs Italy’s ‘Five Star’ From the Shadows,” The New York Times, 28 February 2018.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/wo....
On the Rousseau platform:
Jacopo Iacoboni, “The Experiment,” Jacobin, 3 Feb 2018 (accessed 15 Jan 2020),
https://jacobinmag.com/2018/03/five-s....
On concerns about data collection and manipulation through Rousseau:
Giovanni Navarria, The Networked Citizen: Power, Politics, and Resistance in the Internet Age, Giovanni Navarria, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp. 205-210.
https://books.google.be/books?id=5Ne5...
On Casaleggio’s dealings with Gilead:
Jacopo Iacoboni, “Sanità, report-Casaleggio pagato dall’azienda Gilead,” La Stampa, 2 January 2020.
https://www.lastampa.it/topnews/primo....
On Casaleggio’s dealings with Philip Morris and Moby:
Carlo Tecce, “Casaleggio, gioco, navi e tabacco: le lobby anti-M5s ingaggiano la società del fondatore,” Il Fatto Quotidiano, 17 October 2019.
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-e...
On Casaleggio’s legal status in the party:
Luciano Capone, “Esclusiva: così Davide Casaleggio è diventato il padrone del M5s,” Il Foglio, 31 January 2018.
https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2018....
On the connections between Rousseau, 5 Stars and Casaleggio Associates:
“Di chi è l’Associaizone Rousseau?” Il Foglio, 19 February 2019.
https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2019....
On the 5-Star-Movement’s ideological “flexibility”:
Luca Manucci and Michi Amsler, “Where the wind blows: Five Star Movement’s populism, direct democracy and ideological flexibility,” Italian Political Science Review, March 2018.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/servic....
On the questionable purpose of party fees:
Luciano Capone, “Il M5s nella scatoletta di Casaleggio,” Il Foglio, 4 January 2018.
https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2018....
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