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  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
    News in-depthBrazilian politics
    Bolsonaro crafts new social media strategy ahead of Brazil election

    Populist leader shifts to Telegram as critics decry app’s lack of accountability

  • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
    EU tech regulation
    EU takes aim at political ads on social media

    Draft legislation suggests tech groups should share what information they use to target citizens online

  • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
    French politics
    France’s online ‘fascist-sphere’ feeds rightwing electoral hopes

    Social media ideologues use sex appeal and jokes to spread extreme views

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    John Thornhill
    The tech platforms are not entirely to blame for Washington unrest

    Knee-jerk reactions in the wake of the storming of Capitol Hill could have unintended consequences

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    Courtney Weaver
    Year in a word: QAnon

    Rumours of a cabal of satanic sex traffickers plotting to overthrow the US president shifted from far-right fringes to the mainstream

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Social Media
    Twitter flags misleading post from Indian government official

    First time social platform has targeted a prominent member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    Conspiracy and disinformation: America’s new politics

    False and misleading claims have proliferated across platforms at unprecedented levels

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    Facebook and Twitter struggle with online fury from Trump supporters

    Social media platforms take measures to address rising anger as US poll claims intensify

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Twitter to block ‘misleading’ retweets from US candidates

    Move is latest escalation of anti-misinformation measures in run-up to presidential vote

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    Cambridge Analytica
    Cambridge Analytica probe finds no evidence it misused data to influence Brexit

    UK Information Commission concludes three-year investigation into digital marketing group

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Social Media
    Facebook says Russian network was behind fake leftwing news

    Social network’s latest takedowns also target campaign linked to US public relations firm

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    Move to make online political campaigning more transparent

    Campaigners give guarded welcome to government plans for digital imprints

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    News in-depthSocial Media
    Far-right finds new online home in TheDonald.win

    Pro-Trump meme website gains popularity as critics express concern over its role in the spread of hateful content

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Special Report
    AI & Robotics

    Recyclers turn to AI-powered robots to counter China’s plastic import ban; historians harness machine learning to solve ancient puzzles; and farmers pick high-tech robotics to help bring in the harvest

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    Meta Platforms
    Facebook removes Trump ads breaching organised hate policy

    Social media platform faced calls to take a tougher stance on US president’s messaging

  • Sunday, 10 May, 2020
    Fake news
    The new AI tools spreading fake news in politics and business

    Growth of artificial intelligence software is driving ‘democratisation of propaganda’

  • Monday, 9 March, 2020
    Technology sector
    Australia privacy watchdog sues Facebook over data breach

    US social media group targeted over role in Cambridge Analytica scandal

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
    Special ReportThe Future of Marketing
    How to combat the threat of Facebook ads in US elections

    Solutions include verification after unconvincing response to Russian interference

  • Sunday, 16 February, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    Digital tools can be a useful bolster to democracy

    Decentralised technologies allow public input on a wide range of complex issues

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    Joseph Stiglitz
    Facebook does not understand the marketplace of ideas

    Self-regulation of the internet and social media will not work

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    Life & Arts
    Can you win an election without digital skulduggery?

    Gillian Tett reports on the Democrats’ dilemma over using personal data in the fight against Trump

  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    Social Media
    Facebook bans pro-Trump media outlet over fake accounts

    TheBL accused of influence operation that used AI-generated pictures to push content

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    UK general election
    Facebook under fire as political ads vanish from archive

    Loss of data raises questions over commitment to transparency

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    UK general election
    Efforts to prevent foreign manipulation of UK election flounder

    Authorities are ill-equipped to deal with interference under current rules, warn experts

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    UK general election
    Voters left in the dark over money behind online election ads

    Flawed rules exposed as ‘shadow’ campaigns spend £500,000 on Facebook and other sites

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