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In the age of fake news and manipulation, you are the new battlefield

In the age of fake news and manipulation, you are the new battlefield

16 October 2019

With states, political parties and individuals jockeying for ever-greater influence online, you and your clicks are now the front line in the information war
Earth by night

We can stop hacking and trolls, but it would ruin the internet

9 August 2017

A new way to run the internet would scupper ransomware and hacking, but its authoritarian backers could control everything we do online

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