We must break up the tech platforms that threaten our democracy
We are prisoners of a global online panopticon that knows more about us than we do.
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Are governments finally pushing back against Big Tech?
Lawsuits filed against Meta by more than 40 US states are the first of their kind against a social media…
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Big Tech can’t erase politics from social media
To become a permanent alternative to Twitter, Threads will need to embrace politics.
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen: “I wouldn’t wish Mark Zuckerberg’s life on anyone”
In 2021 she shone a light on misinformation and online harm. Now she’s “extremely worried” about Big Tech’s impact on…
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“There are thousands of Andrew Tates out there”: The battle against online extremism
Counterextremism expert Milo Comerford on what Isis can teach us about the spread of radical misogyny.
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The death of the Metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg appears to be quietly killing off his pet project, at the expense of billions of dollars. Why are…
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There is no chance the government will regulate AI
This government is planning light-touch regulation of a technology our politicians do not understand.
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Social media is taking a dangerous toll on teenage girls
The evidence is now clear: smartphones are the major cause of the mental illness epidemic among young women.
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Elon Musk’s journalist ban will invite politicians to intervene
Silencing the free press crosses a line.
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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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Inside the Twittering machine
Will Elon Musk turn Twitter from a dysfunctional social media platform into a new kind of digital dystopia?
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How long does Facebook have left?
The departure of senior executives and a major round of redundancies raise questions about the company's future.
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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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The problem with the “quiet quitting” media storm
The concept has gone viral on social media – but that could also undermine its power.
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“Our online lives can never truly be our own”: Marie Le Conte on the generation that broke the internet
What does it mean to have grown up alongside an adolescent internet?
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Andrew Tate has been banned from social media. Is this a new era of content moderation?
Facebook, Instagram and TikTok’s move to ban the misogynist was surprisingly swift and decisive.
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Does the rise of the Metaverse mean the decline of cities?
Neighbourhoods depend on people looking out for each other, but the growth of virtual worlds threatens to undermine public oversight…
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The new dotcom crash: collapsing ad markets threaten disaster for Big Tech
Tim Hwang, author of Subprime Attention Crisis, sees parallels between the 2008 housing crisis and today’s economy.
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In trying to tackle fake news, Facebook is cracking down on real science
The platform’s fact checkers found no inaccuracies in a recent BMJ investigation – but limited its reach anyway. Should they…
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It is time to regulate Twitter and other social media platforms as publishers
The libertarian utopia that Jack Dorsey thought he had created is gone forever.
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