The rise of Taliban Twitter
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was swift, but this victory wasn’t won overnight. For years, the Taliban has been waging…
Beware Boris's sinister crackdown on free speech
A Conservative government that boasts it is a defender of free speech against the attacks of ‘the woke’ is about…
Television, not social media, is fracturing our society
All it took for the Twitter mob to descend on me was a retweet from Michael Gove. Message after message…
What happens when Facebook pays for news?
The recently departed head of MI6, Sir Alex Younger, wants to balance China’s ideological antagonism to the West with the…
The problem with Facebook's 'Supreme Court'
He might now be one of the most powerful men in global media, but I find whenever I see a…
How middle-class is your dad?
The politics and posturing of ‘middle-class dads’
Facebook has called the Australian media’s bluff
In 2021, it’s not uncommon to hope that everyone involved in an argument can lose, or to suspect that pretty…
How Facebook became a freedom-gobbling corporate monster
Southwark Playhouse is beating the latest lockdown with a zingy new musical about social media. The performers, Francesca Forristal and…
The big tech bullies
I was in the kitchen preparing the family’s dinner when the inauguration of Joe Biden was on TV, so I…
My historical re-enactment group’s battle with Silicon Valley
The Wimborne Militia of Dorset prides itself on being the only formally commissioned ‘private army’ in England. We’re well known…
The tech supremacy: Silicon Valley can no longer conceal its power
Can anyone stand up to big tech?
Was what I said on Facebook really 'hate speech'?
Facebook has been accused of failing to combat extremism and hate-speech among its users. But as I found out this week,…
Unanswered questions for Big Tech
It’s been a full week since the New York Post published their first story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, which is…
House Republicans accuse Democrats of ignoring censorship in Big Tech report
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are releasing their own report on Big Tech on Tuesday, countering a Democratic report…
Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for redemption
Stung by recent criticism, and fearing major regulation, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, has announced the establishment of…
The creep of internet censorship
Kristie Higgs, a 44-year-old school assistant, didn’t realise that criticising the sex education curriculum at her son’s school on Facebook…
President Trump should bend — but not break — Big Tech
Americans’ increasing focus on this fall’s elections has awakened in me a tinge of nostalgia for the good old days…
Four main takeaways from the House’s Big Tech antitrust sideshow
Here’s a terrifying thought: Mark Zuckerberg is the only person in Silicon Valley that the political and intellectual right can…
The chilling truth about the Facebook advertising boycott
The printed press is not a natural ally of Facebook. Silicon Valley publishers have hoovered up so much advertising that…
Why corporations should not bow to the mob
Some of America’s biggest businesses are withholding their ad spending from social media sites, in order to pressure these platforms…
Facebook is right. Twitter is wrong
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey opened up a Pandora’s box two days ago by dropping a fact-check on a tweet by…
Technological progress is as messy as Darwinian evolution
There is a famous chart which shows the time it took for various technologies to be adopted by 50 million…
Who will take on the behemoths of Big Tech?
With Britain having gone through its third general election in four years, the halcyon days of Cleggmania in the 2010…
Why I welcome the collapse of Facebook’s currency
When Facebook announced details earlier this year of a global digital currency called Libra — backed by a roll call…
Why is everyone on Facebook so paranoid about their privacy?
There’s a line in Desperately Seeking Susan where Madonna (Susan) reads aloud the diary of Roberta, the bored housewife she…
