Free Post misinformation Election Watch 2019 #1: Lies, Leaks and Dead Squirrels Connecting up some of the reporting about the use of misinformation and propaganda during the 2019 UK general election.
Free Post journalism The dangers of under-estimating complexity Research shows that climate skepticism comes from a distinct part of the political spectrum. But is journalism making those same connections?
Free Post chat apps Engaged Reading Digest: a changing language, unfluencers and dodging state surveillance Some interesting reading on how the internet is changing language, reverse influencer psychology and apps in pretests.
Free Post privacy We'll regret surrendering our ambient privacy You don't know what you've got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a Facebook lot.
Free Post Twitter Guilt by Twitter association — how Labour Left Voice blocked swathes of Twitter One Corbynite Twitter account has been blocking great swathes of Twitter - and thus created a manual filter bubble.
Free Post facebook What would happen if journalists got the hell off Facebook? Mathew Ingram wrote a typically interesting and provocative post last week, asking if the news industry should just get the hell off of Facebook. Are the benefits we accrue, diminishing
Free Post comicsgate Right-wing activists are using Twitter's trans policies to silence their critics The next wave of online tactics used by the alt-right are being deployed, right now, in the world of comics. How long before they hit the mainstream?
Free Post Twitter Twitter bans voting misinformation Twitter explicitly bans voter suppression tactics on its service.
Free Post facebook How the Brexit votes of a Welsh town turned Carole Cadwalladr into an investigative journalist An inspiring - and fascinating - talk into how a simple feature put the Observer journalist on the trail of the biggest Facebook scandal.
Free Post julian assange As Julian Assange is arrested, the questions posed by Wikileaks remain as pressing as ever Julian Assange has been dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy under arrest. Whatever happens to him, the impact of Wikileaks on journalism and politics will continue to be felt for years.
Free Post facebook Facebook speeds up assimilation of WhatsApp and Instagram Looks like a handy way of fending off the regulators and avoiding a break-up.
Free Post facebook Why political posts on Facebook will always be polarizing. The very nature of Facebook makes in antithetical to political debate.
Free Post social media What will the next generation of social media-savvy politicians look like? An attempt to mock Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for dancing in a video when she was a student opens up the question of how social media will impact the next generation of politicians.
Free Post culture Even in the depths of the social media backlash, there’s reason for hope At the end of a session at LCC today — I’m doing a small series of workshops on social media in journalism for the 2nd year undergraduates there under the
