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A man looks at the Qoloji displacement camp, the largest in Ethiopia. EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid via Flickr

A court case shows the continent’s demand for social media companies to be accountable for their impact offline, columnist...

What if…social media were built for our needs, not profit?

Nick Dowson imagines a different world of online communities that puts our needs first.

A sanitation worker holds the device being used to track them. The Municipal Corporation in Chandigarh pays a 22,044 USD per month to rent the watches. ASMA HAFIZ

Asma Hafiz reports on the intrusive surveillance being forced on often lower caste sanitation workers in...

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Indra Adnan argues that ‘cosmolocalism’ could be the key to a stronger, more hopeful democracy.

Yewande Oyetade, a medical laboratory technician in Lagos, Nigeria, collects samples for  Covid-19 testing at the Agege Primary Health Centre.  ANDREW ESIEBO/PANOS

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It is thanks to scientists collaborating across borders that vaccines against Covid-19 have been developed so fast, argues ...

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Richard Swift warns against vaccine fantasy and kneejerk technophilia.

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Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips talks about our need for privacy in a digital age.

Conspiracy theorist graffiti alleging terrorism behind the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, pictured in Montreal. Credit: Cold, Indrid/Flickr

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Vanessa Baird offers some nifty tips in tackling a growing problem.

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Propaganda and media expert Peter Pomerantsev on tackling disinformation and the power of the digital...

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Agony Uncle weighs in on whether to finally do away with social media.

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Jacob Ohrvik-Stott from Doteveryone on how to get the job done.

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Research by Alex J. Wood, Mark Graham and others shows how gig economy platforms commodify...

Exploitation by tech firms and social media firms is not inevitable, suggests Vanessa Baird.

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Exploitation by tech firms is not inevitable, suggests Vanessa Baird.

Glyphosate and Roundup: a Monsanto protestor. Photo: Donna Cleveland, CC-BY-2.0

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After decades muddying the science, Monsanto may at last account for its weedkiller’s effects, writes Claire...

Forget shadow-banning, let's talk about private political censorship

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Forget shadow banning, we need to talk about holding private censors accountable, argues Jillian York.

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Global South workers in the digital platform-enabled gig economy are beginning to organize. Alex J. Wood...

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