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, …
First Lady Melania Trump to host tech leaders at White House cyberbullying meeting
The First Lady’s office today confirmed that Melania Trump will host representatives from Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and Snap to …
London Mayor Sadiq Khan reads out racist tweets at SXSW, calls for more to be done
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, while on stage delivering one of the keynote speeches at the Austin-based South by South …
MIT’s false news study: Unpalatable findings and unignorable conclusions
False news is the result of the flaws of the human condition – there might be bots and bad actors …
Taking over tech: An International Women’s Day celebration
It might just be that this year, International Women’s Day resonates more powerfully around the world than the presiding years …
Right-wing offensive mounts against Big Tech, which must avoid becoming a Republican punchbag
An analysis by The Outline of the impact of Facebook’s recent change to it’s News Feed algorithms – ostensibly designed to …
Blame big tech? Your phone already has all the settings you need to reduce your ‘tech addition’
Blaming Silicon Valley’s Finest for our tech addiction and asking them to do something about it is a wonderful example …