Press Coverage

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.

22 June 2019, Financial Times

Philosophers with dim career prospects are in demand to research the ethics of data tech.

15 June 2019, Wired

We've successfully trained machine learning and artificial intelligence to make decisions. Now we need it to understand what the right choices are.

12 June 2019, The Independent

Iran is to launch a text-messaging service to allow self-appointed guardians of morality in Tehran to turn in their neighbours or strangers for violating murky codes of public conduct, officials have said.

12 June 2019, What Bitcoin did

Latest panel debate from the OFF discussing the effects of the currency crisis on the Iranian internet and the effects of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin on internet access and use.

11 June 2019, Deuschlandfunk

The OII's Mark Graham, talks to Deuschlandfunk about the impact of digitisation on cities.

11 June 2019, Newsweek

Iran’s government is urging its citizens to use text messages to report on their neighbours or on strangers if they believe they are guilty of violating the country’s code of conduct.

5 June 2019, The New Statesman

The greatest risk may not be that computers will one day think like humans, but that humans will forget about the workers sustaining our digital economy.

27 May 2019, El Pais

The OII's Mark Graham speaks to El Pais

22 May 2019, Financial Times

Far-right parties shift focus from leaving EU to divisive social issues

21 May 2019, BBC News

Are Twitter bots controlled by Russia on the march across Europe? And is Facebook full of misinformation designed to influence voters?

12 May 2019, Financial Times

Facebook, Google and Twitter should build tools so the public can track political content

7 May 2019, BBC News

The effects of social media use on teenage life satisfaction are limited and probably "tiny", a study of 12,000 UK adolescents suggests.

15 April 2019, Tagesspiegel

Die globale Plattformökonomie zeige die begrenzte Macht nationaler Regulierung auf, erklärt Mark Graham, Professor am Oxford Internet Institute. Ohne Mindeststandards werden Plattformarbeiter weiterhin ausgebeutet.

15 April 2019, Tagesspiegel

Die globale Plattformökonomie zeige die begrenzte Macht nationaler Regulierung auf, erklärt Mark Graham, Professor am Oxford Internet Institute. Ohne Mindeststandards werden Plattformarbeiter weiterhin ausgebeutet.

12 April 2019, The Wall Street Journal

Protesters in Sudan used social media to organize and VPNs to evade censors

9 April 2019, Nature

Policymakers should harness data to deliver public services that are responsive, efficient and fair, urge Helen Margetts and Cosmina Dorobantu.

5 April 2019, The Guardian

Researchers found screen use before bedtime to be unrelated to mental health problems

3 April 2019, The Washington Post

A new study by the Oxford Internet Institute reveals how Iran-linked Twitter accounts have been waging a propaganda war in the Arabic-speaking world.