The Onion has bought InfoWars – but the left can’t win by trolling the right
The giddy excitement surrounding this buyout misunderstands how the right operates.
ByInternet
How to survive the age of anger
In Josh Cohen’s All the Rage, a psychoanalyst offers a path through the divisive world of online grievance and populist…
By
The internet’s superiority complex
We know that being online can make us feel worse about ourselves – but we also do so to inflate…
By
Why the internet blames BlackRock
In the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, conspiracies have abounded.
By
Politicians ignore the Mumsnet manifesto at their peril
It is hard to read the list of policy demands and not reflect that life is getting worse for British…
By
America’s dime-store Nietzscheans
What the unmasking of an anonymous publisher and Twitter personality reveals about the far right in the US.
By
The return of 2010s feminism
Concepts popularised and dismissed a decade ago have returned to mainstream popular culture. Are we living in a time warp?
By
Partner content
How to empower your employees to stay cyber secure
A zero-trust approach and user-friendly tech are vital defences against online threats.
By
Social media’s brand problem
As young people get more of their news from TikTok we need to separate sponsored content from verified fact.
By
Will the Online Safety Act protect us or infringe our freedoms?
After six years of development, child safety and free speech campaigners react to the long-awaited internet laws.
By
The internet man is coming and I am anxious
I woke at nine with a feeling of impending doom but thought, well, at least I have four hours to…
By
Partner content
Tackling the digital divide through partnership – with Virgin Media O2 Business
A special podcast from Spotlight, the New Statesman’s policy supplement.
The power of policy-posting
The American XL Bully would never have been banned without Twitter.
By
The American XL Bully is a monster created by the internet
The industry driving people to breed the dog is a type of Ponzi scheme, though one that comes with appalling…
By
Algospeak is driving us mad
Young people use code words like “seggs” to evade social media’s content filters, while still being bombarded with violent and…
By
The Policy Ask with Carl Miller: “I’ve had conspiracy theorists turning up at the office”
The cofounder of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media on disinformation, online safety and protecting the BBC.
By
Inside a cupboard, I found the solace of solitude
Hiding among waxy coats and mud-encrusted boots, I spent two blissful hours without my phone and the internet.
By
The real cause of generational warfare
The internet has collapsed the space between young and old and exposed previously hidden divides.
By
Why Elon Musk killed the Twitter bird
The tech billionaire wants “X” to become the centre of the internet.
By
The age of digital outrage
The internet was once seen as a tool to promote empathy – so how did it come to amplify division…
By