Politics
Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
Prorogue — or prorogation? Paid Members Public
Applying Google Trends to today's big political news…
We'll regret surrendering our ambient privacy Paid Members Public
You don't know what you've got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a Facebook lot.
Guilt by Twitter association — how Labour Left Voice blocked swathes of Twitter Paid Members Public
One Corbynite Twitter account has been blocking great swathes of Twitter - and thus created a manual filter bubble.
What would happen if journalists got the hell off Facebook? Paid Members Public
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 though they are, worth the price we, and society as a whole, are paying [https://www.cjr.org/the_new_
Right-wing activists are using Twitter's trans policies to silence their critics Paid Members Public
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?
Twitter bans voting misinformation Paid Members Public
Twitter explicitly bans voter suppression tactics on its service.
How the Brexit votes of a Welsh town turned Carole Cadwalladr into an investigative journalist Paid Members Public
An inspiring - and fascinating - talk into how a simple feature put the Observer journalist on the trail of the biggest Facebook scandal.
As Julian Assange is arrested, the questions posed by Wikileaks remain as pressing as ever Paid Members Public
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.
