Techno-authoritarianism is upon us. How to fight back?
With Trump's inauguration just a few days away, fears are mounting about his attacks on free press. What can we learn from the journalists who have already faced the wrath of tyrants?
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'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', Episode 4 Out Now
Follow Conservative whistleblower Sergei Cristo, Orwell Prize-winning journalist Carole Cadwalladr and co-founder of Byline Times Peter Jukes, as they uncover an alleged Russian spy operation that penetrated the heart of Westminster.
A Warning to America - 2073 and The Arrival of Techno Authoritarianism
Join us for a virtual conversation with Maria Ressa, Rana Ayyub, Carole Cadwalladr and Asif Kapadia.
‘Sergei And The Westminster Spy Ring’, New Podcast Trailer Out. Weekly episodes from Tuesday.
A thriller featuring Carole Cadwalladr, Peter Jukes and Sergei Cristo that exposes an alleged secret spy ring operating at the very heart of the British establishment.
Citizens 2024 Round-up & what’s to come next
Before we break for Christmas, I want to thank you all for reading our journalism and supporting our campaigns. We want to make tech journalism accessible and report on behalf of people and not the tech industry. With a small team working across everything you can possibly imagine, since summer,
I long for the days of cat pictures
How have we moved from connection and community, to mass surveillance, monopolies, and the merger of tech and state power? And how is it that in 20 years, despite all the harms created by Big Tech, we haven’t managed to slow it down? By now, we all know the
Russia's disinfo playbook? It's Brexit
Disinformation and counterterrorism expert Martin Innes unveils the inner workings of Russian influence operations and their connection to the Brexit campaign.
Gender Divide: What’s the internet got to do with it?
Toxic male spaces that thrive on hating women are springing up; what does this mean for politics and women online? Plus a bonus story about a nonprofit tackling online harassment of girls through education.
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Fake audio, real violence. Brand new film out now.
From the team that brought you the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary The Great Hack, comes an explosive new documentary, ‘The Fake Mayor’.
USA2024: Watch the Tech Bros
Social media has become a tool for disinformation, online violence, abuse, and the degradation of public discourse. As we approach an election that should be shaped by facts and informed opinions, it feels impossible to trust what we read or watch.
Cooperatives, an antidote to Big Tech?
Worker tech co-ops taking on Big Tech, one project at a time.
AI is an extraction machine. But resistance is possible.
In this Q&A, author James Muldoon sheds light on the real face of AI capitalism and suggests how to fight back.
Are romance bots really a mental health fix?
A whole industry of romance AI apps are marketing themselves as something they are not.
Who decides how kids use phones?
Should it be Big Tech, the government or parents?
The TikTok Election - How Reform got to be so popular
In this Public Inquiry feature, we analyse the TikTok content put out by UK political parties in the lead up to polls last week.
Public Hearing
Should we ban smartphones for under 16?
These parents think we should, and they have started a movement.
Digital Citizens
The revolution may not be on social
Social media activism is stifled. Physical activism is under attack. How do we resist?
Public Inquiry
Visibility or Invisibility: Does social media help or hinder pro-Palestine university camps?
The Citizens’ Manasa Narayanan travelled to UK universities to learn how students in pro-Palestine camps are making use of social media: amidst media mistrust, censorship, far-right harassment and university crackdown.
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Mistrust, censorship and surveillance: Pro-Palestine students wrestle with how to mobilise in the modern age
Students from Pro-Palestine camps across the UK tell us how they are using technology to mobilise and protest against the war on Gaza.
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