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Published in: 50.50: NewsHungary’s ‘perfect propaganda machine’ attacks women, report findsNew report highlights gendered disinformation online and calls for women-centred reform of social media platforms
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Published in: 50.50: NewsFacebook is responsible for my dad’s death, alleges a man suing MetaA new lawsuit claims the tech giant has failed to moderate harmful content that incites violence in Africa
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Published in: Home: OpinionLeaving Twitter now says more about you than Elon MuskOPINION: The platform was already a haven for abuse. What could be taken away is structural privilege, not safety
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Published in: Home: Feature‘Forget about Elon Musk’: How to save the world from Big TechIn an openDemocracy live discussion, Shoshana Zuboff and Susie Alegre warned that, left unchecked, Big Tech can...
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Published in: Live discussionsCan we stop Big Tech getting inside our heads?
Social media and e-commerce giants are influencing what we buy, how we vote and who we love. Now the war in Ukraine...
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Published in: Home: OpinionCulture wars: what is identity politics?For some, it’s a left-wing adoption of neoliberalism. For others, it’s authoritarian. But it’s really just about...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureEst-ce que TikTok peut aider les jeunes LGBT au Togo à trouver une communauté ?Les réseaux sociaux ont offert de nouveaux espaces à des gens à travers le monde pour s’exprimer et trouver des...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureCan TikTok help young LGBT people in Togo find community?
Social media has offered people around the world new spaces to express themselves and find allies. But anti-LGBT...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsYouTube closes African channel promoting televangelist’s violent ‘conversion therapy’In response to our enquiries about TB Joshua’s controversial exorcisms, YouTube terminated his channel. Facebook...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureCan social media help in the fight against sexual harassment in Egypt?Egyptian women experience sexual harassment every day, but feminist initiatives on social media are helping to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsWe can’t put internet anonymity in the box marked ‘too hard to solve’Forthcoming internet legislation ignores anonymity, but this fudge benefits only the social media platforms
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Published in: Global ExtremesDoes censoring the radical right on social media work?Censorship leads to various responses on the radical right such as migration to other platforms, such as Parler.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightThe social media platform that welcomes QAnon with open armsFollowers of the bizarre conspiracy have turned to Gab.com as a safe space for all manner of right-wing online communities.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIn Germany, antisemitism on social media can be linked to offline violenceNot enough is being done in Germany to combat antisemitism on social media platforms.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘Bots’ and bans: social media and regime propaganda in the Middle EastRegimes in the Middle East are constantly evolving their propaganda strategies to keep up with the new forms of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNew year, new internet? Why it's time to rethink anonymity on social mediaWe can tackle online abuse and misinformation whilst protecting those with a genuine need for anonymity, suggests a...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesHow to fight online misinformation: beyond laws and algorithms, try vaccinationAn online game that puts the player in the shoes of a master manipulator strengthens people’s defences against fake...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Online harms’ to our digital democracy are still being largely ignored5 ways the digital revolution demands an update to outdated electoral laws.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: The dark-money Brexit ads flooding social mediaFacebook has new transparency rules on political ads. But in the last week pro-Brexit groups have spent tens of...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesIs the internet to blame for the rise of authoritarianism?Three perspectives on whether the internet is having a damaging impact on democracy.
