Despite Biden’s inauguration and the vaccine rollout, conspiracy theories about the US Election…The Trump presidency is now over, and many are eagerly awaiting their chance to get one of several COVID vaccines now being administered…Jan 21, 2021Jan 21, 2021
Lexit was flawed, but it isn’t to blameLexit is again trending on Twitter, but there is a perspective that appears to be missing from the utterly predictable and boring “FBPE vs…Jan 15, 2021Jan 15, 2021
Trump and Twitter: a hollow victoryThe suspension of Donald Trump’s Twitter account has made headlines across the world. But while on balance we should be glad about Donald…Jan 14, 2021Jan 14, 2021
Messenger Kids — A new low for the surveillance economyOn December 4th, Facebook introduced a new app — Messenger Kids. The idea of the app, so Facebook claims, is to allow kids to chat safely…Dec 5, 2017Dec 5, 2017
Facebook now has two billion users. This is not a threshold we should celebrate.Facebook recently announced that they had passed the threshold of two billion monthly active users. Visitors to the site were greeted with…Jul 2, 2017Jul 2, 2017
Dear Politicians of Europe,Heads of state, ambassadors, European Commissioners, MEPs, Judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union, and other European…Jun 28, 2016Jun 28, 2016
Reflecting the end of Cyberspace: Re-Understanding the web as a mirrorWriting about the web is often dominated by recurrent metaphors such as a space or a cloud. Indeed, it seems that without comparison to…Sep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015