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Published in: Home: AnalysisBig Tech is failing. The future of democracy depends on what happens next
The Musk-Twitter apocalypse is a symptom of a much bigger crisis. To avoid a bleak future we have to bring the big...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsTwitter firings have ‘serious consequences’ for rights, campaigners warn
Twitter’s disbanding of its Africa office and human rights team poses a threat to information across the continent
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Published in: Home: OpinionElon Musk’s Twitter is more dangerous than you think
Beyond Musk’s oft-repeated rants about free speech may lie shadier plans to recoup the $44bn he paid for the site
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Published in: Home: OpinionLeaving Twitter now says more about you than Elon Musk
OPINION: The platform was already a haven for abuse. What could be taken away is structural privilege, not safety
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Published in: Live discussions: Live discussionIs social media killing democracy? Twitter, US midterms and Brazil unpacked
For years, the far right has weaponised social media – connecting extremists to power and mobilising violence to...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionCan Twitter and Facebook censor Trump in the name of democracy?
Although we find the censorship of the still-president of the US sympathetic and fair, we must not forget that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNew year, new internet? Why it's time to rethink anonymity on social media
We can tackle online abuse and misinformation whilst protecting those with a genuine need for anonymity, suggests a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionShould Twitter, Google and Facebook be allowed to alter the rules of campaigning overnight?
Platform companies are acting under pressure to tackle political advertising – but their actions may have...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Twitter is gagging Arabic users and acting as morality police
Twitter’s behavior reflects an unspoken policy of protecting public figures from criticism.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSaudi women between online resistance and new physical realities
What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its ban on women driving?
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Published in: TransformationOpen protocols and open people: preserving the transformational potential of social media
People are the most valuable thing on the internet, so the power to connect, share and work together shouldn’t be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe insidious effects of trolling women on the TV and radio in the UK
Somehow society must come to terms with this problem and start thinking of ways to address it. It doesn't only...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKChauvinism on social media
Operating a spoof Twitter account during BBC Question Time gave me a glimpse of the level of misogyny that women in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMisogyny and Twitter - confusing cause with medium
Despite the lazy characterisations of much mainstream media, misogyny is not created by new technologies and it will...