Blog - Demos

Consensus at home is just as important as consensus abroad to meet our climate targets

By Charles Seaford With COP26 about to commence, the Government is on a mission to try and build consensus internationally...

How do we fight back against online abuse when counterspeech can’t keep up?

Over the last few years, solutions to the problem of online abuse have been proposed and attempted – from pleading...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities must not overlook the role of local government in levelling up

The Ministry for Local Government is no longer. The recently renamed Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has sent...

Gendered disinformation: The US can’t be content with content solutions

In regulating online spaces, if we treat the problems of harmful content as separate from the problems of harmful systems,...

Gendered disinformation: 6 reasons why liberal democracies need to respond to this threat

Gendered disinformation is a form of identity-based disinformation that threatens human rights worldwide. It undermines the digital and political rights, as well...