Members only social media Abuse, arrogant tech VCs and hypocrisy everywhere. It's time for the weekend, folks. The tech VC community shows its true face, social media gets toxic and… Oh, can we just have a break, please? Adam Tinworth Jul 3, 2020 5 min read
facebook Social & Digital Lunchbreak: Facebook doesn't care, the spawn of news and conspiracies - and two vital jobs Your lunchtime digest of social and digital news, reminding us of Facebook's indifference, and the impact of Covid-19 on what is important reporting right now… Adam Tinworth Jun 15, 2020 4 min read
Members only politics Social & Digital lunchbreak: inflection points in politics and subscriptions Lots of simmering tensions in politics and social media are coming to a head. Interesting timing… Adam Tinworth May 27, 2020 4 min read
content moderation Coronavirus: the social media moderation problem explained As the social platforms empty their offices of staff, content moderation is taking a serious hit. Here's why. Adam Tinworth Mar 18, 2020 3 min read
facebook Coronavirus: Facebook is becoming an unreliable source of traffic As content moderators are sent home, AI tools are taking over their content policing job - and getting it wrong. Adam Tinworth Mar 18, 2020 2 min read
engaged reading digest Engaged Reading Digest: Content is collapsing, TikTok is toxifying and a secret(ish) tool Another week, and more news from around the web for engaged journalists… Adam Tinworth Jan 13, 2020 4 min read
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. Adam Tinworth Dec 11, 2019 5 min read
engaged reading digest Engaged Reading Digest: Deepfakes, YouTube controversy and better analytics through complexity Five links on engaged journalism to see you through the morning coffee break Adam Tinworth Nov 12, 2019 3 min read
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. Adam Tinworth Jun 20, 2019 1 min read
facebook Dad, the Facebook addict A short documentary about a Dad well and truly hooked on Facebook. Adam Tinworth May 25, 2019 1 min read
hacks/hackers Hacks/Hackers London: AI, Fact-checking, a faster Economist — and better careers for women May's Hacks/Hackers brought us AMP-based web-design, Facebook fact-checking, AI email checks, and a new organisation to support women in their careers. Adam Tinworth May 22, 2019 7 min read
facebook What would happen if journalists got the hell off Facebook? Adam Tinworth May 14, 2019 2 min read
hacks/hackers Hacks/Hackers London: News for millennial investors, engaged journalism and data leakage to Facebook Three talks from the April 2019 Hacks/Hackers London, from Finimize, the Engaged Journalism Accelerator and Privacy International Adam Tinworth Apr 24, 2019 5 min read
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. Adam Tinworth Apr 17, 2019 1 min read
livestreaming After Christchurch: how do we curtail the spread of video from atrocities? The Christchurch attack was a terrorist event for the social media age. We need to address this situation on multiple levels to minimise the harm done. Adam Tinworth Mar 19, 2019 5 min read
facebook Facebook's treatment of its content moderators: another attempt to avoid paying the costs of scale Casey Newton has talked to many of Facebook's outsourced content moderators - and the picture is appalling. Adam Tinworth Feb 26, 2019 3 min read
facebook The Zuckerberg Obfuscation Like all the post produced by Mark Zuckerberg’s team, the recent anniversary post was carefully written to obfuscate a core issue. Adam Tinworth Feb 14, 2019 1 min read
facebook A translation of elements of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook anniversary post from Zuck to English Let me just clarify a few points in Zuckerberg's anniversary address… Adam Tinworth Feb 4, 2019 4 min read
Buzzfeed The predictable villain at the heart of digital media's woes For all the discussion about venture capital, and ad rates, and other scapegoats for tough time digital media's going through - a familiar company carries some of the blame. Adam Tinworth Feb 4, 2019 2 min read
facebook Facebook's data harvesting app killed by Apple — taking Facebook's internal apps with it Facebook gets caught abusing Apple's Enterprise Developer Program - and the consequences wreak havoc amongst its employees Adam Tinworth Jan 30, 2019 2 min read