Fake content and far-right radicalisation online are reshaping our politics and society. We live in an age of unreality, where everything is fake — except the hate. The internet has rewired how we think, argue and even feel. The exponential rise of online porn alone suggests future historians might call this the golden age of … Read more
Why do people keep falling for fake Stories about London?” I’m in London. Apparently, this means I’ve entered the heart of darkness — the most violent, terrifying place on Earth. According to the usual online nonsense, the streets are full of drug dealers, shoplifters, grooming gangs, and asylum seekers living it up at public expense. … Read more
The Digital Trap: How Misinformation Targets People Like Us Writing this blog, I’m making some assumptions about my readers—primarily graduates, middle class, aged between 45 and 65, and self-identifying as well-educated. I hope what I’m about to say doesn’t upset too many of you. Hate, distrust, and disinformation designed to create political divisions have proliferated … Read more
Yesterdays blog was all about the real and the fake, fact and fiction: I thought it would be fun to follow it up with a quiz. I have a minor obsession with knowing stuff, and being able to organise it in my head, mostly in chronological order. I am not sure if this is just … Read more