A shared style of argument reveals something deeper about how people relate to ideology, authority, and criticism ~ Slow Burning Fuse ~ Spend enoug…
Why do Leninists and capitalists sound the same online?
Tag: social media
Investigation: Are social media scams fuelling the rise in misogyny?
The Leeds crossbow shooter is not the only man to have become a target of the growing industry of organised fraudsters, but he’s a concerning exa…
The Matrix has you
Algorithms are shaping our thoughts and behaviours in dangerous ways ~ Matthew Gaffen ~ “The Matrix” already exists—we’re not all aslee…
The Empire Is Still Eroding – Relaunch of Eroding Empire
Alongside events, there is information on social centres, squats, and DIY publications from people in the scene.
X isn’t an airport, but we’re announcing our departure
Over the last couple of months, Freedom News decided to start cutting down involvement with Twitter/X, which has until now been our biggest socia…
Social media is dead, long live social media
“Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; …
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”: A commentary on youth viewing a revolution through social media.
17-year old Ell May reflects on the role played by social media in radicalising a generation of young people.
‘Healthy and positive’ communities: Facebook and the restriction of political content
Recently Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that he and his team are working on stopping political content from circulating within the …
A response to fake news
We can picture the relationship between freedom of speech and democracy as a beautiful love story.
Free speech for presidents
Following the short-lived occupation of the US Capitol building, Twitter and a number of other social media platforms have banned US President Dona…
G20: We won the battle, elites are winning the media war
Indymedia Germany has, as with most other branches of the free media project, been ailing over the last few years (including its UK counterpart, wh…
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The Case of the Spinning Judge
Imagine what it feels like to sentence war resisters as terrorists ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ My smallish eyes blink, and my central incisors catch the …
Heavy repression in Geneva as G7 summit opens
Over 60,000 people faced tear-gas and an overnight kettle in protests against meeting of the world’s richest states ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ Tens o…
Antifascists mobilise after racist pogroms
The UK far-right surge builds on deep-rooted resentment and social fragmentation ~ Blade Runner ~ Antifascists on Saturday (13 June) mobilised agai…
Filton sentencing explainer
De-proscribing Palestine Action will not make a difference to the “Terrorism connection” enhancement ~ Andy Meinke ~ The Filton defenda…
No consent to confinement
UK Supreme Court muddies the waters on deprivation of liberty, as safeguards are stripped away ~ punkacademic ~ The Supreme Court last week ruled o…
