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Tech fascism is not inevitable: community is the alternative
Activist Alistair Alexander works on alternatives to a techno-authoritarian future - drawing inspiration from nature as a model for resilience.
It is a coup
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
Revealed: Kremlin exploited “legal loopholes” to influence Brexit vote, ex-MI6 spy claims in new podcast episode
Catch the scoop in the latest episode of 'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', hosted by Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes.
Coming up: 2073 screening at London's Prince Charles Cinema
Join us for a special screening of '2073' and Q&A with Director Asif Kapadia, The Citizens' Carole Cadwalladr and Byline Time's Peter Jukes.
Join us for a free communications masterclass
Progressives can still win the information war. Here's how.
'Chemical Attacks', New Podcast Episode Out
Catch episode seven of 'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', where Sergei Cristo, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes dive into the Skripal poisonings.
When the few control what the many see
Director Asif Kapadia on the challenges of getting 2073 made and released.
The science fiction movie that isn't fiction
An interview with Director Asif Kapadia whose film 2073 could be set in 2025
The Tech Bros Move Fast and Break Things – First Up: Democracy
We are now subjects of an unaccountable technocapitalist order rather than citizens in a democracy, write Manasa Narayanan and Sabrina Provenzani.
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?
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.
Public Inquiry
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.
Debates
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Stories
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’.
Digital Citizens
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.
Public Inquiry
Cooperatives, an antidote to Big Tech?
Worker tech co-ops taking on Big Tech, one project at a time.
Citizen Common
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.
Public Inquiry
Are romance bots really a mental health fix?
A whole industry of romance AI apps are marketing themselves as something they are not.
Citizen Common
Who decides how kids use phones?
Should it be Big Tech, the government or parents?
Public Inquiry
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.
Public Hearing
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.
Tech Breakdown
Tech Breakdown: Coming Soon
Our hard news, big tech talk show