How 9/11 internet culture created a blueprint for modern conspiracy theories
The 11 September attacks coincided with the rise of the internet. A new strain of online paranoia was born.
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Why we have to change the way we talk about incels
Mocking angry young men may feel cathartic, but it won’t stop radicalisation.
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Davos man’s vision of a post-Covid-19 world makes my skin crawl
A video by the World Economic Forum promotes a sterile, digitally-driven society that sacrifices the joys of being human.
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How “Dark Academia” became one of the pandemic’s fastest growing internet trends
In spring 2021 Google reported a 4,750 per cent increase in searches for the phrase.
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Why the Plymouth shooting was preventable
We know the dangers of online radicalisation. But governments have failed to act.
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Young people are the real victims of the loneliness epidemic
Though isolation is most typically considered a problem for the old, under-35s are increasingly the most friendless generation.
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How the internet dehumanised Chris Whitty
When a person’s existence is flattened into a joke, we enable cruelty against them.
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US democracy in peril: will disinformation decide the 2020 election?
Individuals will be the main line of defence against online misinformation.
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