Social Media
E-Karen Tries the Principal Skinner Approach
She hasn’t failed: it’s everyone else’s fault.
Something Unexpected and Wonderful Just Happened
X briefly lights up a darkening world with a trans-Pacific mutual love-in.
The Lawsuits Begin for ‘Big Social’
The Big Tobacco of the 21st century is finally being held to account.
Free Speech in the Digital Age
By regulating online speech and expanding digital ID systems, governments are turning the natural right to free expression into a licensed activity.
It’s Now Trendy To Identify as ‘Chinese’?
It is fun to get excited about hot drinks, slippers and traditional Chinese medicine. But let us not ever forget the tyranny that Chinese citizens must endure every single day of their lives.
The Excuse Doesn’t Survive a Simple Test
If there’s a broader reason for quitting the platform, fine, say it. But don’t sell the public a justification that falls over the moment someone tests it.
It Is All About Control
The motivations to stop using X – be it media or now the Clerk of New Zealand’s parliament – are couched in moral terms by opponents, but it’s all really about control, curation, and censorship.
Fake Accounts Being Used To Acquire Data
“Sally Jade Jones”, “Caoimhin B Morcant” and “Charles Gray” are fake Facebook accounts being used by a far-left activist to acquire data on thousands of political opponents.
