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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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‘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.
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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,
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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.
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The game is on.
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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’.