Bitchute, the UK and modern censorship in action
Kit Knightly
Last week, alternative video-sharing platform BitChute announced they would no longer allow UK-based users to view content on their site. The opening of their official statement makes the reason...
British MPs are trying to “cancel” Russell Brand…but why?
Kit Knightly
This Russell Brand story gets stranger and stranger by the day. Last night it was revealed the a senior MP had written letters to multiple social media companies requesting...
UK quietly passes “Online Safety Bill” into law
Kit Knightly
Buried behind the Brand-related headlines yesterday, the British House of Lords voted to pass the controversial “Online Safety Bill” into law. All that’s needed now is Royal assent, which...
Deconstructing Marianna in Conspiracyland – Introduction
Iain Davis The BBC’s “Marianna in Conspiracyland” podcast series is presented by Marianna Spring, the BBC’s specialist disinformation and social media correspondent. Over the course of 10 podcast episodes,...
This Week in the New Normal #56
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...
