Twitter’s disbanding of its Africa office and human rights team poses a threat to information across the continent

Beyond Musk’s oft-repeated rants about free speech may lie shadier plans to recoup the $44bn he paid for the site

OPINION: The platform was already a haven for abuse. What could be taken away is structural privilege, not safety

The new UK secrecy legislation threatens democracy. We’ve joined forces with other journalists to sound the alarm

OPINION: The government’s attempt to take control of the media is anti-democratic and dangerous

US firm Hill+Knowlton is helping Egypt organise this week’s UN climate conference – while representing oil giants

For years, the far right has weaponised social media – connecting extremists to power and mobilising violence to...

Our work on Freedom of Information and revelations about oil company spying got us into the British Journalism Awards

Exclusive: Ambulance service says claims in The Sun and the Daily Mail that protesters slowed paramedics were wrong

After a summer of strikes, unions need to up their media game to make real and lasting gains for workers

As the run-off vote looms at the end of the month, the far-Right’s misinformation machine is going into overdrive

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Leading media freedom organisations call for libel action against ‘public interest’ journalism to be dropped

The independent international media organisation is up against five major national titles in each list

A conversation about the ‘Ana Surie’ (‘I Am Syrian’) photography exhibition organised in the Zaatari refugee camp

A look at migration and the media with journalists Osama Gaweesh, Nasruddin Nizami and Mohammad Subat

OPINION: So-called ‘SLAPP’ cases – like the one now facing openDemocracy – have a chilling effect on scrutiny

The case against our investigative journalists has already cost openDemocracy tens of thousands of pounds

OPINION: The royal family is buttressed by an institution that has changed beyond recognition since the 1950s

Experienced BBC Northern Ireland journalist joins Ruby Lott-Lavigna, Ben Webster and Kateryna Semchuk as...

The journalist’s impartiality claims only touch on what academics have been trying to warn about for years