How 2022 killed the myth of the tech genius
This year saw the great humbling of the Silicon Valley billionaire – from Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg.
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Labour: Social media bosses should be held criminally liable for harmful content
The party has called for the scope of the Online Safety Bill to be expanded as it returns to parliament.
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No one will be safe online until we break Big Tech’s toxic algorithms
Targeted advertising and content that feeds twisted worldviews are the greatest dangers we face online today.
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Margrethe Vestager: “Twitter must ensure what is illegal offline is illegal online”
The EU commissioner warns that Elon Musk could be on the wrong side of her crusade against Big Tech’s dominance.
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Ofcom chair Michael Grade: “My opinions are valueless here – it’s liberating”
The Tory peer is 79, doesn’t use social media and abhors “woke apparatchiks”. Is he the man to regulate Big…
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Will Twitter collapse this weekend?
Staff are worried. Users are in panic. The platform may not last much longer.
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The chaos at Elon Musk’s Twitter is a parable of US power in the age of Big Tech
Silicon Valley’s plight is fundamental to one of the biggest geopolitical questions of the 21st century: can the US maintain…
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Elon Musk took his new toy apart trying to figure out how it worked
Twitter’s wiring is being ripped out in real time, and the prospects for putting it back together are shrinking.
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Elon Musk’s useful philosopher
Silicon Valley billionaires have taken up the ideas of William MacAskill, the leading voice of longtermism. But they will not…
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Is this the end of Twitter?
Elon Musk knows the only thing that would kill Twitter is another, better platform. Fortunately, I have just invented one.
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Why I’d mourn the loss of Twitter
The platform may have a dark side but it also engenders a particular type of warmth and community.
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Why are Americans dying so early?
Captains of Silicon Valley may be investing in ways to live forever, but life expectancy for ordinary people in the…
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Let’s get ready to dance on Twitter’s grave
Elon Musk has given us another good reason to log out.
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Elon Musk bought Twitter so he can remain absurdly rich
The site could be the lifeboat Musk needs in a newly turbulent economy.
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The power of the platform
The power that digital technologies wield over the world has to be confronted, but their democratic potential should never be…
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We deserve better than the Metaverse
Our culture is increasingly consumed by the whims of tech billionaires funnelling absurd amounts of cash into projects no one…
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Elon Musk’s texts reveal his plan for Twitter
The Tesla CEO and billionaire’s promise to launch an “everything app” is untethered from reality.
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Metaverse in retrograde
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest iteration of his virtual world has been derided as aesthetically primitive – but is that the point?
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PayPal vs Toby Young isn’t about free speech – it’s about the free market
If a bakery doesn’t have to bake a gay cake, why can’t PayPal withhold its services from someone spreading vaccine…
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Can Apple keep selling luxury in a global recession?
The new iPhones will cost more than their rivals, but the tech giant is better prepared for a falling market.
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