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Marc Owen Jones – The rise of the Emirati dis-influencers and why we all should be worried

December 29, 2025 Ben Wray 0

State-backed actors are clearly running highly sophisticated disinformation campaigns to influence global public opinion in their paymasters’ favour. Marc Owen Jones is the author of Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East and an Associate Professor […]

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Responsible Statecraft – Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn’t the job for you

October 6, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Oracle’s takeover of Tiktok is an Israeli takeover of Tiktok. Read the article HERE.

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Robin McAlpine – Political violence is driven by commercial interest

September 16, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Social media algorithms are designed to make people angry. Robin McAlpine is Head of Strategic Development at the Common Weal think-tank in Scotland. Cross-posted from Robin McAlpine’s blog The global debate over the rise in […]

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Al Jazeera – Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

March 31, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Facebook has platformed more than 100 paid advertisements promoting illegal settlements and far-right settler activity in the occupied West Bank, an Al Jazeera investigation has found, raising concerns that the social media giant is profiting from content […]

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Brian Mier – Inside Brazil’s X Ban: How Elon Musk Started – and lost – a Fight With Brazil’s Judiciary

September 4, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Elon Musk’s battle with the Brazilian judiciary appears to have less to do with free speech than it does corporate power. Brian Mier is a native Chicagoan who has lived in Brazil for 25 years. […]

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Roman Zinigrad – How social media amplifies support for the far right in France

September 2, 2024 Ben Wray 0

If someone shows an interest in far-right content on social media, the algorithm quickly introduces them to a whole world of ethnonationalism. Roman Zinigrad is an Assistant Professor of Law at the American University of […]

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Christian Christensen – Elon Musk Doesn’t Know He’s on the Wrong Side of George Orwell

August 22, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Musk’s purchase of Twitter has achieved its ambition: he’s converted his economic power into political power. Christian Christensen is Professor of Journalism at Stockholm University. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrChristensen. Cross-posted from Common Dreams Elon […]

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How to Take Back the Internet – Interview with Cory Doctorow

February 14, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Insightful interview with the author of ‘The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation’ about big tech, monopolies, EU regulation and alternatives.  Konrad Bleyer-Simon is a research associate at the Centre for Media Pluralism […]

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Winnie Lam, Remi Edwards – Social media as a site of social conflict

August 30, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Meaningful political debate is limited within corporate-controlled social media, which is designed for rapid content consumption. Winnie Lam is a Doctoral Researcher at the Management School, University of Sheffield. Remi Edwards is a Doctoral Researcher […]

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Branko Marcetic: Why the Twitter Files Are in Fact a Big Deal

December 30, 2022 Ben Wray 0

While some on the left want to dismiss the Twitter Files due to who and how they have been reported on, they reveal the ongoing merger of social media companies with the US state. Read […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

January 15, 2026 0

Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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