The new report from the Knight Foundation is mainly focused on Twitter, but essentially looks into questions of how represented …
Where does AI stand in the battle against fake news?
Fake news comes in all shapes and sizes, from purposely divisive stories to others which are just too hilarious to believe. …
Hey Facebook, where’s your mates at?
In the Zuckermath of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, Facebook’s Silicon Valley counterparts are distancing themselves, and that’s more significant than …
Netflix vs Obama: Yes we kind of can?
The streaming giant Netflix has taken the world by storm with its 118 million subscribers, bringing with it a wide variety …
Memes help get millennials talking about mental health
Mental health has been taboo for decades, but in the last couple of years the rate of depression has grown …
People were bullies before technology happened, it’s just more visible now
The prime minister of the UK recently stood at the dispatch box and introduced to the floor of parliament the dangers …
Donations come pouring in for the NRA following Parkland and a strong advertising campaign
For many Americas, the most significant knock-on effect following the tragic Parkland shooting was the powerful, unified response from the …
We must share responsibility with Mark Zuckerberg, and the US must copy GDPR
The pitch of the discussion surrounding Mark Zuckerberg in the jet-wash of the Cambridge Analytica revelations begs attention in and …
The Guardian and The New York Times are part of Facebook’s data gathering mechanism
The New York Times, The Guardian, The Observer, Wired and Recode are all using Facebook Pixel to collect data on …
Confirmation bias: 6 ways to recognise it and 5 ways to counter it
Much has been made of ‘confirmation bias’, but much less has been made of what it is, how it works, …