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Published in: Dark Money Investigations

Published on: 28 March 2018

Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

You can't understand the Cambridge Analytica scandal until you understand what its parent company does.

Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Published on: 16 January 2018

Written by: Enrico De Angelis All articles by Enrico De Angelis

Written by: Yazan Badran All articles by Yazan Badran

This is not an attempt to relitigate this episode, but to critically reflect on the underlying dynamics of social...

Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Published on: 24 October 2017

Written by: Heyla Selim All articles by Heyla Selim

What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its ban on women driving?

Published in: Transformation

Published on: 20 August 2017

Written by: A.E. Elliott All articles by A.E. Elliott

Anti-Semitic tweets were viewed ten billion times on twitter in 2016—that’s why the alt-right loves the internet.

Published in: Transformation

Published on: 10 June 2015

Written by: Gregory Ciotti All articles by Gregory Ciotti

Whether the internet is a mindless distraction or the greatest educational tool ever invented is all in how we use it.

Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Published on: 3 October 2014

Written by: Arianne Shahvisi All articles by Arianne Shahvisi

I'd like to unpack the widespread idea that one's freedom of speech is relinquished when it is used in the form of...

Published in: North Africa, West Asia

Published on: 22 September 2014

Written by: Enrico De Angelis All articles by Enrico De Angelis

Citizen journalism rocked the foundations of the Syrian mediascape. Activist videos were on every news channel, yet...

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