11 Facts About Carole Cadwalladr

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Carole Jane Cadwalladr is a British author, investigative journalist and features writer.

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Carole Cadwalladr is a features writer for The Observer and formerly worked at The Daily Telegraph.

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Carole Cadwalladr was born in Taunton, Somerset, and raised in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.

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Carole Cadwalladr was educated at Radyr Comprehensive School, Cardiff, and Hertford College, Oxford.

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Carole Cadwalladr has for example, interviewed Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia.

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Carole Cadwalladr has reported on alleged links between Nigel Farage, the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump, and the Russian influence on the 2016 presidential election that has been investigated in the United States.

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Carole Cadwalladr accused Facebook of breaking democracy, a moment described as a 'truth bomb'.

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Carole Cadwalladr's lawyers had argued this meant there were reasonable grounds to investigate.

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Banks initially lost the case on 13 June 2022 despite the court finding that Carole Cadwalladr's comments were defamatory.

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In May 2023 Carole Cadwalladr announced that she was seeking permission to appeal to the supreme court against the costs order.

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Carole Cadwalladr is a founder of "All the Citizens", a not-for-profit organisation registered as a UK-based private company limited by guarantee.