Jeremy Corbyn has promised to “democratise the internet”, speaking this morning at the launch of his eight-point digital manifesto at Newspeak House in east London.
“Labour under my leadership will utilise the advances of digital technology to mobilise the most visible general election campaign ever,” said Corbyn, in a clip you might have watched via a livestream on his Facebook page, before it crashed.
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- According to Corbyn, some MPs don’t turn on their computers because they do not know how to, which, honestly, shall we deal with that first?
- Team Corbyn hopes that technology – and the visibility it allows – will be Labour’s “path to victory”, which is nice, but what he really means is: memes.
- Corbyn reveals he has an “open mind” about nationalising the broadband network.
- Corbyn calls online abuse appalling and says that Labour is chasing down offensive material.
- A team of coders called Coders for Corbyn have released some digital tools to show your support for the leader. Yes, the Corbyn emoji – Jeremoji – is about to be a thing.
- The entire manifesto features “online” written as “on-line” and really, that is the real issue here.
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