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Find here all of the New Statesman’s comment and analysis about social media and the digital age.
MPs have been reflecting on their own safety after the murder of David Amess at his constituency surgery on 15…
The World Wide Web celebrates its 30th birthday this year. Its users are less empowered than ever.
By“When I use Strava I’m doing it for my time, not because I enjoy it.”
ByMany bestsellers of the last few years originated outside “traditional” publishing houses. But are influencers good for books?
ByInfographics are often shallow explorations of issues that need careful critical attention.
ByRather than promoting creativity, social media is fostering a new age of conformity.
ByApps formalise arbitrary preferences and even discrimination against “unattractive” demographics.
ByThe Premier League, English Football League and Women’s Super League will boycott social media this weekend. But when has online silence ever…
ByThe hugely popular social network is one of several tech firms facing legal scrutiny for monetising children's internet usage.
ByOn Tattle Life, influencers and celebrities exist for one purpose: to have the details of their personal lives doxxed and…
ByWe turn to memes to help make sense of our chaotic existence, taking comfort in the shared experience of internet…
ByThe “Disinformation Dozen” are prolific in the online anti-vaxx movement – but Facebook and Twitter don’t appear to be trying to supress them.
ByThe outage provides a stark reminder of the risks of handing control of so much of our digital infrastructure to…
ByI am beginning to have those puzzling aches which make me feel my time is drawing rather nearer and swifter than I…
ByResearchers have discovered that heavy use of social media, for adolescent girls, is correlated more strongly with anxiety and depression…
ByMyspace and Bebo defined millennial adolescence. Are they about to make a comeback?
ByThe social network has won concessions in its fight with the Australian government. But across the world politicians’ frustrations with…
ByThe Australian government's demands on tech giants are unjustified and anti-competition. Now Facebook has called their bluff.
ByA new report highlights the negative impact social media has on adolescent girls. But how worried should we be?
BySocial media users are being rebuked for yearning for their past lives. But there is unity to be found in…
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