Internet

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet
Inequality

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet

Peasants thrived on common land until landowners stole it all. There is an obvious parallel with what’s going on today onlinr

Why the internet needs to be safer for women
Leyla Buran and Professor Olga Jurasz

Why the internet needs to be safer for women

Safer Internet Day invites us to reflect on what online safety should look like. But does the current regulatory framework work for women?

Voice of Jet2 meme Zoë Lister: ‘All the immigration rhetoric has got to a crisis point’
My Big Year

Voice of Jet2 meme Zoë Lister: ‘All the immigration rhetoric has got to a crisis point’

Her Jet2 ad voiceover inspired a viral TikTok meme (85 billion global views and counting) which was hijacked by the White House for a video promoting deportations. She publicly hit back at ‘Trump and his abhorrent policies’

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?
UK riots

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?

How to stay safe online
Digital inclusion

How to stay safe online

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I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

‘In an age of misinformation, facts suffer too’: How the end of fact-checking puts democracy at risk
social media

‘In an age of misinformation, facts suffer too’: How the end of fact-checking puts democracy at risk

Here’s what happened when 1,000 smartphones and tablets were given to homeless people
Digital inclusion

Here’s what happened when 1,000 smartphones and tablets were given to homeless people

The online world is bad for us – it’s official
Paul McNamee

The online world is bad for us – it’s official

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: ‘An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis’
Climate change

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: ‘An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis’

Britain’s Tory-sympathising press is ‘terrible’ for democracy, experts warn
Freedom of the Press

Britain’s Tory-sympathising press is ‘terrible’ for democracy, experts warn

The internet’s funniest memes as Liz Truss is announced as the new prime minister
Politics

The internet’s funniest memes as Liz Truss is announced as the new prime minister

A broadband provider is calling for an end to exit fees and price hikes
Digital inclusion

A broadband provider is calling for an end to exit fees and price hikes