The power of policy-posting
The American XL Bully would never have been banned without Twitter.
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The American XL Bully is a monster created by the internet
The industry driving people to breed the dog is a type of Ponzi scheme, though one that comes with appalling…
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Algospeak is driving us mad
Young people use code words like “seggs” to evade social media’s content filters, while still being bombarded with violent and…
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The Policy Ask with Carl Miller: “I’ve had conspiracy theorists turning up at the office”
The cofounder of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media on disinformation, online safety and protecting the BBC.
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Inside a cupboard, I found the solace of solitude
Hiding among waxy coats and mud-encrusted boots, I spent two blissful hours without my phone and the internet.
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The real cause of generational warfare
The internet has collapsed the space between young and old and exposed previously hidden divides.
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Why Elon Musk killed the Twitter bird
The tech billionaire wants “X” to become the centre of the internet.
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The age of digital outrage
The internet was once seen as a tool to promote empathy – so how did it come to amplify division…
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Goodreads is degrading our literary culture
Everyone can, and should, be a critic. But the reviews website is having a sinister effect on books.
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Is AI a danger to humanity or our salvation?
The founders of AI are divided over what’s next.
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What the Reddit blackout means for the wider internet
The specialised content on the forum has for years been hidden scaffolding for the internet. What happens when it is…
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Life after Apple
The company's minimalist aesthetic rules the world. Will we ever escape it?
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The internet is unusable now
Pop-ups, farmed content and sponsored posts have ruined a web that once told us whatever we needed to know.
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No one should be forced to go without broadband in modern Britain
The cancellation of broadband by a million people is another sign of the UK’s economic and social decline.
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There is no chance the government will regulate AI
This government is planning light-touch regulation of a technology our politicians do not understand.
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What does “love bombing” really mean?
On social media, terms coined to describe specific relationship dynamics are increasingly common – and increasingly misused.
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The age of ambient information
Online content has transformed into a sedative.
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Our parents were right: we can no longer trust what we see on the internet
I’d been lied to, by the very thing I hold in my hand for the majority of my day. How…
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Elon Musk is building an Internet of Losers
The decision to remove “legacy” blue ticks misses the point of Twitter’s Verified system – while failing to stick it…
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There’s no point pretending we can stop teenagers watching porn
The question is how to respond. What does it say about sex education if no one is explaining to boys…
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