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By Dr Robert Simpson, Associate Professor, Dept of Philosophy, UCL This guest blog is a response to the findings of Demos’ open survey on people’s online lives, as part of the Renew Normal project: The survey data coming out of...
By Maeve Walsh, Associate at Carnegie UK Trust As we wait for the final response to the consultation Government’s Online Harms White Paper – a wait that has lasted for 18 months since the publication of the White Paper itself in...
During the Covid-19 pandemic, for many people, computer screens have become a crucial connection to the outside world, and online spaces the stand-in for physical places – offices, schools, shops, pubs. Over the summer, our research found that while people...
Election Day in the US saw a predictable surge in false, misleading or harmful narratives emerging, from robocalls telling voters to stay home, to YouTube livestreams of fake election results, to online amplification of hate and unrest. To their credit,...
As part of our Renew Normal project, Demos is conducting a series of engagement exercises via Polis, an online deliberative tool, to look at how the public view different issues in light of Covid-19. As this is an open-access survey,...
“It’s a very strange state of affairs online…” – Participant in our men’s focus group What happens over the next few months will likely shape the Internet for years to come: the election in the US, where battles over misinformation...
“I have flagged a small number of fake news items (around 5G towers) on social media platforms and no action has been taken.” – Female, 30-39, South West England Covid-19 misinformation has been widely recognised as a serious challenge to...
The Black Lives Matter movement continues to organise protests around the world to try and end racial discrimination against the black community, often reaching people online through social media. However, social media has also been where many of the hate...
Much has been made of the return of the Premier League this week, and of the return of sports-based betting. With the majority of sporting events having been cancelled over the past few months and their physical venues closed, the...
