Workshop on 'How to investigate and write about Big Tech'
The Citizens and Bylines Network are coming together to organise a hands-on workshop on Big Tech reporting.
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Who Invited That Guy?
Plus: Algorithms 101
What about you?
Are you ready to build a movement and fight back against the Tech Bros' takeover? Take part in our short survey to help us shape our mission.
We Don’t Need No (Department of) Education
Plus: Act Now to Save the FTC
Meet the people taking on Big Tech
Europe to United States via Mexico, some incredible efforts that show other futures are possible.
It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Sheryl Sandberg’s Assistant
Plus: Getting to Know Bluesky’s Anti-Oligarch
Can we stay off Big Tech even if we wanted to?
Let's find out.
Freaked out? Start here.
Introducing The Citizens' Techno-authoritarianism Fight Back Toolkit
Join us for an online webinar on 'How to build an internet free from billionaires'
A discussion on the ways people and organisations are resisting the Big Tech monopoly, with Sherif Essayed-Ali, Nicolás Tapia Correa and Kyle Taylor.
'I Cannot Help', Podcast Finale Out Now
Catch the last episode of 'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', where Carole, Peter and Sergei reflect on the story they’ve fought to uncover for so long.
A Trifecta Strategy Emerges
Oh, and: What Did You Do Last Week? Another edition of 'Citizens Re-united'
'The Walls Have Eyes’
In this Q&A, Manasa Narayanan speaks to Petra Molnar about the UK's push for unchecked AI ‘innovation’ and what it means for the existing surveillance state and migrants.
Elon, Call Your Dealer
3 Fresh Reads + Actions Today to Fight the Tech Coup
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.
Debates
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.
Debates
Join us for a free communications masterclass
Progressives can still win the information war. Here's how.
Citizen Common
When the few control what the many see
Director Asif Kapadia on the challenges of getting 2073 made and released.
Citizen Common
The science fiction movie that isn't fiction
An interview with Director Asif Kapadia whose film 2073 could be set in 2025
Stories
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.
Citizen Common
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?
Debates
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.
Stories
‘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.
Stories
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,
Stories
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
Citizen Common
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
The game is on.
Back our stand against Big Tech.
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.