Press Coverage

26 September 2019, reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-disinformation/viral-visuals-driving-social-media-manipulation-on-youtube-instagram-researchers-idUSKBN1WB0ED

26 September 2019, Sky News

More than 70 countries are now sharing misinformation online and politicians are using propaganda tools to garner support.

26 September 2019, New York Times

At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds.

10 September 2019, Daily Telegraph

The over-65s are staying offline because of rising privacy fears, an Oxford University study has found, as it emerged that more than half of people in that age bracket still do not use the internet.

9 September 2019, BBC News

Almost 20% of British people are not using the internet, a survey suggests. The detailed in-home survey of almost 2,000 Britons found that 18% described themselves as non-users.

9 September 2019, Mail Online

Online privacy fears put growing numbers of people off using the internet with one in TEN now saying they avoid the web because of concerns.

9 September 2019, Metro

Privacy has become the new watchword as users get more savvy about how their online data is being used. But it turns out privacy fears may actually be preventing people from getting to grips with the internet.

2 September 2019, BBC News

Armies of workers help power the technological wizardry that is reshaping our lives – but they are invisible and their jobs are precarious.

30 August 2019, New York Times

We got a glimpse of what the social network’s privacy-first focus might look like in practice. You may not love it.

24 August 2019, New York Times

CAPE TOWN — He had delivered his last food order for the evening and was driving home from Pinelands, a suburb in Cape Town, when an oncoming car swung in front of him, knocking him off his motorbike.

19 August 2019, BBC.com

Four billion people lack internet access. Satellite internet could change that. But will the jobs created be good ones?

19 August 2019, Gizmodo

A world in which the internet suddenly stops: surely the TV show’s already in development.

5 August 2019, The Washington Post

Hours after a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, brought the weekend death total to 29, following a Saturday massacre in El Paso, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered his take on what helped fuel the latest round of unspeakable violence.

5 August 2019, CNN

As mass shootings roil the nation, President Trump and top Republicans are citing video games as one explanation for the bloodshed. But experts say there is little evidence to link violent games to real-world violence

5 August 2019, NBCNews

Researchers have long sought links between real-world violence and bloody video games. "We found a whole lot of nothing,” said one expert.

11 July 2019, QZ.com

Facebook’s plans for Libra are monumental, but the basic premise of digital money remains the same as it was decades ago. Indeed, the company’s push into cryptocurrency—and e-commerce—is hardly unique. It’s even fair to say the social media giant is late.

7 July 2019, The Guardian

The authors of a landmark study, Andrew Przybylski and Amy Orben, argue that social media use has only minor effects on wellbeing. But an entire industry says otherwise.

24 June 2019, Manchester Evening News

The screen time guidance by WHO may surprise some parents.

23 June 2019, The Guardian

Deepfake – the ability of AI to fabricate apparently real footage of people – is a growing problem with implications for us all.