Internet
Je suis Page 3
‘I for one would be sorry to see them go,’ wrote George Orwell. ‘They are a sort of saturnalia, a harmless…
Cameron vs Charlie
Last Sunday, David Cameron marched through Paris in solidarity, so it seemed, with those who stand up for free speech.…
Would you put your life in the care of Dr Droid?
There’s something wrong with the relationship between patients and their GPs. I’ve spent much of this winter in my local…
Net effect
Channel 4’s Cyberbully (Thursday), written by Ben Chanan and David Lobatto, turned out to be a brilliantly gripping drama, even…
The secret of my most amazing achievement ever
Just before Christmas I achieved something so totally, incredibly amazing that I think it probably ranks among the greatest things…
Signs that the virtual mob is starting to rule
Are we heading for a new barbarism? Is this the return of the 18th-century mob? Here are more questions than…
Blackberry fool
To survive as a technophobe in the 21st century, you must depend on the kindness of strangers
Button down
An irrational fear that has reshaped the technological world
The dark secrets that your clicks reveal
About four years ago, an irate father in Minneapolis walked into his local Target shop with a complaint. He wanted…
The lost pleasures of reading a proper newspaper
The internet is a frighteningly efficient place for hunter-gathering – but the pleasures of undirected browsing are harder to find online
Barometer
What’s special about Rochester What is special about Rochester and Strood? — Rochester has the second oldest cathedral and school…
Barometer
How to deal with a troll In Scandinavian mythology, trolls were shady creatures who lived below ground and varied in…
Letters
Faith and flexibility Sir: What a contrast in your two articles on religion last week: one liberal atheist parent (Claire…
Licence to snoop
Police are using an anti-terror law to run wild in the public’s mobile phone records
A slap in the Facebook
My female friends’ social media habits are too bitchy even for me
Is looking at a nude photo of Jennifer Lawrence really the same thing as stealing it?
‘If you click on Jennifer Lawrence’s naked pictures,’ said the headline on the Guardian’s website, ‘you’re perpetuating her abuse.’ That…
Off the telly
In the world of YouTube and Netflix, generations no longer share a culture
Born-again campaigners
The push for Scottish independence is driven forward by converts’ zeal
Dear Mary
Q. When someone gives you anti-ageing cream as a present, is that an insult or a compliment? — A.O., Provence…
Murder porn
It’s time to stand up against the self-righteous sharing of videos of beheading and other gruesome violence
Porn-again parents
It’s not just the young whose expectations of sex are warped by dirty videos online
This time it’s personal
When everyone’s a potential journalist, it’s time to tame libel costs
Letters
Beyond the law Sir: In your leading article of 28 June you make the point that the hacking trial demonstrates…
The reassuring triumph of Big Mother
Feminism in modern Britain is not for the faint-hearted. Only the smartest, mouthiest girls on the social media scene dare…
Online comments help me understand the Nazis
Matthew Parris 18 October 2014 9:00 am
Like many, I’ve always been a bit baffled by the story of the rise of Nazism. The Germans I’ve met…