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21 Mar 2023 3 minute read

Africa is beginning to hold social media companies to account

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?

29 Mar 2023 3 minute read

What if…social media were not for profit?

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

13 Feb 2023 5 minute read

On your watch

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

23 Aug 2021 6 minute read

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What can the digital age offer political life?

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

9 May 2021 6 minute read

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Dreams of magic bullets

Richard Swift warns against vaccine fantasy and kneejerk technophilia.

12 Apr 2021 6 minute read

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The space invaders

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

11 Apr 2021 2 minute read

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How to talk with conspiracy theorists

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

5 Apr 2021 6 minute read

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How we are gulled

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

7 Oct 2019 3 minute read

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Should I delete my Facebook account?

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

6 May 2019 3 minute read

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What if...we regulated digital technology for the public good?

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

28 Feb 2019 5 minute read

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Networked but commodified: digital labour in the remote gig economy

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

24 Dec 2018 3 minute read

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What if social media firms paid us?

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

9 Aug 2018 4 minute read

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What should Twitter censor?

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

7 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Challenging exploitation in the gig economy

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

18 Jun 2018 6 minute read

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The selfish giants

Laura Basu on how media ownership is getting more concentrated – and what to do about it.

16 Apr 2018 5 minute read

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Facebook: the new censor’s office

Social media is usurping the role of the state argues Jillian York.

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