The architects of ignorance

We are supposed to live in an age of information overload, but increasingly autocratic governments around the world are starving the public of the data they need to make informed democratic decisions.

The truth vs Twitter

Digital technologies are making the fight against misinformation even trickier for embattled social media giants such as Twitter.

Auditing the algorithms

The powerful algorithms used by major technology companies to track phone and internet users shape our consumption of news, media and advertising, and now the veil of secrecy which surrounds them is being lifted.