Social media helps reveal people’s racist views – so why don’t tech firms do more to stop hate speech?
The likes of Katie Hopkins may be slowly disappearing from social media sites but less extreme and obvious racism is still widespread.
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PR firms are becoming more powerful, but good journalism still prevails
Journalists call it the ‘dark arts’, and public relations is more powerful than ever.
Burkina Faso coup raises questions about growing Russian involvement in west Africa
Burkina Faso looks to be the latest west African state where Russian influence is on the rise.
Conspiracy theories: how belief is rooted in evolution – not ignorance
Being accepted by others matters more to us than being factually correct – and this is the key to tackling our post-truth society.
The internet is giving a voice to those on the margins – losing net neutrality will take it away
If access to information online becomes more difficult, then it will be the communities on the fringes that lose out.
Twitter’s ban on political ads does change the game in one way
Political parties don’t use Twitter anywhere near as much as Facebook. But at least someone is talking about this problem.
Easter egg row is an undercooked mess that feeds English nationalism
Once again, Nigel Farage and his conservative allies are rushing to the defence of ‘British values’. Needlessly, as it turns out.
Post‑truth could herald the real end of history – we must ensure it doesn’t
It needn’t end this way.
Voice of America has to provide ‘accurate, objective and comprehensive’ news – could that all change?
Independent journalism at one of the most well-recognised names in US broadcasting, the Voice of America, could be the target of a new Trump-backed initiative.
X/Twitter: imposing a US$1 bot tax on new customers will only make the platform’s problems worse
It’s a year since Elon Musk took charge of Twitter. His plan for charging new customers looks like another mis-step.
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