Him and the techbro psychos. And it's galling and humiliating to acknowledge that those who control social media platforms control the world... but there's at least some truth in it. And ov… (View Post)

Unfortunately Samantha has had to leave early, because she has volunteered to observe the Warsaw city council.elections. She said she's looking forward to an enormous poll turn out. (View Post)

That's part of the problem. We might know that we ought to want reliable news and information, mostly we're not prepared to pay for it. Talking of which, a new report on online non-news; 2 … (View Post)

Other media acknowledge that they have an editorial role and are (however imperfectly) accountable for the editorial choices they make. Social media companies have evolved a system that jolly well do… (View Post)

Was any pledge made initially so casually and then kept out of so little more than embarassment and then cause so much pain for governments? From 2015: "The pledge originated in a Thick-of-It st… (View Post)