I’ll be honest, since Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory I’ve been entirely disassociated from American politics. Us Brits have had our own veritable smorgasbord of political controversy to keep us occupied throughout the last four years, and whenever I did dip my toe back in to the ‘swamp’ – such as with the death of […]
Read More Bloomberg, Putin and their Army of BotsIt’s been a tough few days for Boris, even by his standards. After his dismissal of Channel 4’s Prime Ministerial debate I was expecting Johnson’s 15 year climb in to the bed of Number 10 to culminate in a rather anticlimactic affair (something he’s had vast experience in) and with only his rather copious, yet […]
Read More We Need To Talk About BorisA recent study found that people over 65 are far more likely to share intentionally false or misleading information on Facebook than all younger age groups – a somewhat counter-intuitive finding if you’re like me and your parents spent your pre-teens reminding you – daily – of the ‘dangers of strangers’.
Read More Old People,Please Stop Sharing Fake News on Social Media.A month or so ago in Vancouver, Observer journalist and Pulitzer Prize nominee, Carole Cadwalladr, addressed a considerable Ted Talk crowd and sermonised to the ‘gods of silicon valley’ – the likes of Facebook and Twitter – on their responsibility to further protect their platforms from becoming tools to spread misinformation. Since breaking the Cambridge […]
Read More How do we Stop Fake News and Social Media Manipulation?If there’s anything that succinctly sums up the western political climate over the last few years it’s ‘Fake News’ winning the American Dialect Society’s ‘Word of the Year’ in 2017. Being ‘economical with the truth’ has been conjoined with politics since Plato donned a toga, yet political falsehood has seen an exponential rise in the last […]
Read More No Deal, No Problem says Tony Abbott | Here’s why he’s Completely Wrong
Matt Adkin 