23 June 2021
The benefit of banning social media users, particularly those posting extreme political views, has been questioned, but YouTube data shows it really does reduce the audience
2 June 2020
High-profile breaches of voting data in the US and other countries have found their way on to the dark web, where they are being traded for as little as $9.99
11 December 2019
Left-wing political campaigns pay three times as much to reach right-wing voters on Facebook, and vice versa, which may be exacerbating political polarisation
2 May 2018
A study of nearly 12,000 people wearing health monitoring devices shows how people’s biological rhythms fall out of sync after big political events
22 February 2018
An analysis of a social media site called Gab, set up as a champion of free speech, reveals that one in 20 posts uses hateful language
