Opinion-in-brief: Reckoning with our online identity crisis Opinion-in-brief Anyone can target other people anonymously and spread lies about them online – but as the law stands, very little can be done about it. Rampant hate speech and fake news allow conspiracy theories to flourish and online spaces become sowed with divisiveness. Absolute anonymity online is a key enabler: giving online users the ability [...]
A world wide web of regulation: tech giants need a tough new set of rules to fix global problems The end of the Internet free-for-all is nigh. Or so we are told, again and again. Big technology companies need – and even want – regulation; yet fears of stifling freedom of speech has made it a political hot potato. Debate about regulation has been raging since the internet began. Technology companies scored an early [...]
Expecting football to make Twitter and Facebook stop social media abuse is like asking your six-year-old to tackle Cristiano Ronaldo Football can't make Big Tech tackle abuse – only new laws can The English football community has finally had enough of the rampant racial abuse and bullying its players suffer on social media. Police are investigating and thePremeir League and other bodies have made an unprecedented direct plea to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey. Of course, these issues on social media don’t just impact football players or [...]
