Social Media
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
The riots and the social media blame game
Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings
In defence of anons
Anonymous accounts did not cause the rioting, so why are they being blamed?
Elon Musk versus the EU
A high-level dispute has major implications for online freedom
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
Anatomy of a populist cynic
As Spain’s national-conservatives get outflanked by “Alvise”, Europe’s “new right” would do well to watch the fringes, too
Social media platforms are still stifling debate
Platforms like Instagram and Eventbrite should learn that a belief in biological sex does not amount to “hate”
Spring fever
Disinformation journalism circles the drain
Toxic relationship
For a long time, it has seemed that you’re nobody until somebody’s tried to get you cancelled
Don’t ask WhatsApp
Millions of messages, and sick of it