Is TikTok really as much of a security threat as Huawei?
The social media app is the latest target of parliament's China hawks, but are their concerns backed up by evidence?
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F is for Fake News: How we ended up in a post-truth world
The ease with which false information now spreads online has fractured our politics.
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We are witnessing the end of the “Twitter Revolution”
The term was once gushingly applied to uprisings against corrupt regimes, but social media has since become associated with darker political…
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The rise of sex education on Instagram
A new wave of influencers are using Instagram to bridge a gap between unrealistic expectations of sex and the limited remit of sex…
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We must fight the use of disinformation as an election campaign technique
This election may feel existential on all sides, but the battle should not come at the expense of the codes of…
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Sex, intestines, and money: YouTuber Hannah Witton on making a career out of taboos
One of Britain's most prominent voices on sexual health, Hannah Witton is normalising some of life's most awkward topics.
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Why we are all losing sleep
With longer work hours, the rise of the gig economy and smartphone apps competing for our every waking moment, sleep…
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Damian Collins on electoral law, disinformation and Dominic Cummings
On the day Twitter banned political ads, the chair of the DCMS select committee discusses elections in the age of…
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