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I downloaded all my Facebook data – because it’s my teenage diary
I didn’t want my adolescent memories obliterated.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Find here all of the New Statesman’s comment and analysis about social media and the digital age.
I didn’t want my adolescent memories obliterated.
ByThe idea of Boris and Natasha generating pro-Trump furry porn is too delicious. But it’s no less worrying than any…
ByThe Cambridge Analytica row exposes how political parties can do what they like to influence us online.
ByThe company could have controlled the narrative over Cambridge Analytica, but it has grown complacent in the face of limited…
ByThat Facebook data was harnessed to influence elections shows why I’ve been calling for data protection reforms since 2012.
ByOfficials from Cambridge Analytica have been caught bragging about their corrupt use of the social media site.
ByWhy did one influencer pretend to be 10 years younger, fake a trip to Disney, and edit herself a new…
ByWhether it’s Stephen Hawking leaving a wheelchair or the Buddhist Steve Jobs meeting God, these grief gags show the decline…
ByThere are darker niches on social media, and wider social pressures behind them.
BySince a parody Brexiteer profile went viral in November 2017, copycats have tried to capitalise on its fame. The victims?…
ByWe’re letting the likes of Facebook get away with hosting hate and lies.
ByThe psychological reasons new social networks never seem to succeed.
By“As teenagers, we know how to use social media and we know how to take advantage of it.”
BySeeing his name as part of a wider list of friends, colleagues and ex-boyfriends who’ve watched my stories reminds me…
ByTwo stories from opposite sides of the political spectrum over the past week show quite how far such theories have come.
ByThe magazine have published a photograph that wouldn’t look out of place on The Daily Stormer.
ByVia the app, Smith continues to offer the charismatic, wholesome silliness that catapulted him to fame in the 90s.
ByUsers confess how they get around Instagram’s “Seen by” feature.
ByWho is @stormijenner? And what do they want?
ByThe Tory MP Matt Hancock has invented the Official App for Matt Hancock.
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