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The Chilling Effect Is Here
The Chilling Effect Is Here
Plus: “A Barrage of Sexualized Content”
Exposing India-Pakistan’s Secret Social Media War
Exposing India-Pakistan’s Secret Social Media War
A "Meaning-Making Moment of our Present Shitstorm”
🚨SOS on AI’s Escape Hatch 🚨
🚨SOS on AI’s Escape Hatch 🚨
Plus: Slop! And do you have questions for Shoshana Zuboff?
Trump 2.0 and the Age of Surveillance Capitalism: A Conversation with Shoshana Zuboff
Trump 2.0 and the Age of Surveillance Capitalism: A Conversation with Shoshana Zuboff
How Algorithms Make Everything the Same with Carole Cadwalladr, Kyle Chayka & Yancey Strickler - Full recording
How Algorithms Make Everything the Same with Carole Cadwalladr, Kyle Chayka & Yancey Strickler - Full recording
Algorithms Make Everything the Same, but creativity will always fight back
Uhm… Sir, this is a Wendy’s
Uhm… Sir, this is a Wendy’s
Plus: Save Public Media in the US
A Vigil at Meta
A Vigil at Meta
Plus: Culture Change is in the Air
Coming up next week!
Coming up next week!
Live Emergency Session: 100 Days of the Broligarchy - April 30th
Live Emergency Session: 100 Days of the Broligarchy - April 30th
Substack Live: Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring
Substack Live: Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring
No New Tariffs on Our Love for You
No New Tariffs on Our Love for You
Plus: Securing Your Phone and Girding Your Loins for the Weeks to Come
Building a public square, free from Big Tech
Building a public square, free from Big Tech
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Your loss is our gain?
Your loss is our gain?
Musk and Meta, it all comes tumbling down
Who Invited That Guy?
Who Invited That Guy?
Plus: Algorithms 101
We Don’t Need No (Department of) Education
We Don’t Need No (Department of) Education
Plus: Act Now to Save the FTC
It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Sheryl Sandberg’s Assistant
It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Sheryl Sandberg’s Assistant
Can we stay off Big Tech even if we wanted to?
Can we stay off Big Tech even if we wanted to?
Let's find out.
Freaked out? Start here.
Freaked out? Start here.
Introducing The Citizens' Techno-authoritarianism Fight Back Toolkit
'I Cannot Help', Podcast Finale Out Now
'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
A Trifecta Strategy Emerges
'The Walls Have Eyes’
'The Walls Have Eyes’
'Sergei Cristo versus the Security Service', New Podcast Episode Out
'Sergei Cristo versus the Security Service', New Podcast Episode Out
Elon, Call Your Dealer
Elon, Call Your Dealer
Tech fascism is not inevitable: community is the alternative
Tech fascism is not inevitable: community is the alternative
It is a coup
It is a coup
Revealed: Kremlin exploited “legal loopholes” to influence Brexit vote, ex-MI6 spy claims in new podcast episode
Revealed: Kremlin exploited “legal loopholes” to influence Brexit vote, ex-MI6 spy claims in new podcast episode
'Chemical Attacks', New Podcast Episode Out
'Chemical Attacks', New Podcast Episode Out
The science fiction movie that isn't fiction
The science fiction movie that isn't fiction
'The Professor and the Trolls', New Podcast Episode Out
'The Professor and the Trolls', New Podcast Episode Out
'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', Episode 5 Out Now
'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', Episode 5 Out Now
A Warning to America - 2073 and The Arrival of Techno Authoritarianism
A Warning to America - 2073 and The Arrival of Techno Authoritarianism
'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', Episode 4 Out Now
'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', Episode 4 Out Now
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'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', Episode 3 Out Now
'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', Episode 3 Out Now
‘Sergei And The Westminster Spy Ring’, Episodes 1 and 2 Out!
‘Sergei And The Westminster Spy Ring’, Episodes 1 and 2 Out!
‘Sergei And The Westminster Spy Ring’, New Podcast Trailer Out. Weekly episodes from Tuesday.
‘Sergei And The Westminster Spy Ring’, New Podcast Trailer Out. Weekly episodes from Tuesday.
I long for the days of cat pictures
I long for the days of cat pictures
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Are romance bots really a mental health fix?
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The TikTok Election - How Reform got to be so popular
Should we ban smartphones for under 16?
Should we ban smartphones for under 16?
The revolution may not be on social
The revolution may not be on social
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Does social media help or hinder pro-Palestine university camps?
Mistrust, censorship and surveillance: Pro-Palestine students wrestle with how to mobilise in the modern age
Mistrust, censorship and surveillance: Pro-Palestine students wrestle with how to mobilise in the modern age
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