The language is leaving me
I love this short open-access paper from danah boyd where she suggests shifting the term we use to describe social media.
Author: Heather Burns
Got a thing
~with distinction~
Development is political
Test your goddamn inputs people
I, Sisyphus
I spoke with New Scientist about a handful of clauses in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently reaching the finish line of the Parliamentary process.
The Prince, The Paedo, The Palace, and the “Safety Tech” app
Shame must change sides. And this week, that means certain corners of the "children's online safety" crusade.
the other Turing test
Everything which was behind us is in front of us. It's up to you how you respond.
At last, a wonderful day in Parliament.
This is why end-to-end encryption matters.
Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, America
Now would be a good time to familiarise yourself with the international protocols used for the collection and categorisation of digital evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Darnella test of social media and smartphone regulation
Young people, using smartphones, film journalistic content in the public interest. Anti-social media and anti-smartphone regulations threaten that.
The worst fucking app idea ever
A page out of my Mphil project research. This is not a joke.
Resistance honeypots
Journos: if you are advising your readers on counter-surveillance measures but not dropping the adtech, you are not helping your readers. You are building a honeypot to trap them.
2025’s best reads
Non-fiction, fiction, and my heart.