The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship

Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age

So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world

Don’t just do something, stand there

The curbing of dissident speech online should be opposed

A high-level dispute has major implications for online freedom

Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality

The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future

Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action

The lost romance of growing up without the internet