Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing Amazon and X’s policies on age verification and content moderation criticised in report on murder of three children and stabbing of others

Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing

Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup

Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup

The US is facing its Suez moment – the outcome could change the world order If Donald Trump fails to end the Iran war soon, its effects could last for decades, with unpredictable consequences

The US is facing its Suez moment – the outcome could change the world order

Leaving to survive, staying to resist: Persecution and exile in El Salvador We speak to journalists and defenders of human and environmental rights about how their lives have come under threat

Leaving to survive, staying to resist: Persecution and exile in El Salvador

Revealed: Morocco forcibly displaced Black migrants ahead of AFCON tournament Keen to present itself as a key EU partner on migration, Morocco pushed migrants out of sight before tourists arrived.

Revealed: Morocco forcibly displaced Black migrants ahead of AFCON tournament

Defeating authoritarians: Notes from the Hungarian playbook What can progressives everywhere learn from Magyar’s historic victory over Orbán’s anti-democratic regime?

Defeating authoritarians: Notes from the Hungarian playbook

Orbán’s election defeat is a blow to the global anti-gender movement Europe’s great replacement prime minister lost on Sunday, and so did the global anti-gender movement

Orbán’s election defeat is a blow to the global anti-gender movement

“These massacres serve as a reminder that it was Netanyahu, not Trump, who started the war on Iran and that he continues to pull the strings. For as long as that’s true, the prospects of a lasting peace deal are very low.”⁠
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Netanyahu is behind Iran war, not Trump – and that makes peace unlikely Israel’s strikes on Lebanon are a reminder that Netanyahu will do whatever he can to avoid a peace deal with Iran

Netanyahu is behind Iran war, not Trump – and that makes peace unlikely

UK plans to tackle AI harms would bypass democratic process, experts warn The government is seeking powers to allow ministers to rewrite significant portions of the Online Safety Act

UK plans to tackle AI harms would bypass democratic process, experts warn

What counts as a win when victory is out of reach? Harsh Mander on solidarity, peace, and why holding together can be the real victory

What counts as a win when victory is out of reach?

OpenAI has put its UK AI infrastructure project on hold. Shocker.

Seeing as whoever I asked over the past few months could give me no information about the project, and there were also no planning documents online -- as I said, shocker.

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Labour to scrap time limit on investigating sexual misconduct by doctors I first reported on abuse in the NHS in 2022. Labour has made the right call on the unfair ‘five-year rule’

Labour to scrap time limit on investigating sexual misconduct by doctors

Having helped get Labour elected, Anacta Strategies now helps its clients get what they want from Starmer's government.⁠
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Anacta describes itself as "the leading Labour-specialist advisory firm”.
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‘Labour-specialist’ lobbying firm with close ties to No10 revs up business Having helped get the party elected, Anacta Strategies now helps its clients get what they want from Starmer's Labour government

‘Labour-specialist’ lobbying firm with close ties to No10 revs up business

How Russia exploited Argentina’s media to discredit Milei Exclusive: Agents linked to the Kremlin ‘paid’ for fake news by fake authors to be published by Argentine press

@openDemocracy partnered with @FbdnStories and Filtraleaks for this investigation authored by @diana_cariboni, Sofía Alvarez Jurado and @santiodonnell

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The investigation also exposes fake content designed to

🔴 denounce Argentina’s support to Ukraine under aggression from Russia

🔴 stoke tensions between Argentina and Chile

🔴 exploit popular rejection of Milei’s “chainsaw”

We found fake authors, with fictional bios and faces computer-generated or obtained from photo banks

We recovered records of at least 250 articles published in more than 20 digital outlets in Argentina from June to October 2024 and allegedly placed by the Russians at a cost of $283,000

Months after the inauguration of libertarian rightwing President Javier Milei in Argentina, Russian agents launched a series of operations to discredit his government, aligned with US interests

In a leak of 1,431 pages written in Russian, @openDemocracy found a covert propaganda network deployed in Argentina

Fake authors, fake stories: Inside the Russian campaign to influence Argentina's election Exclusive: Agents linked to the Kremlin ‘paid’ for fake news by fake authors to be published by Argentine press

Fake authors, fake stories: Inside the Russian campaign to influence Argentina's election

Why feminists must not give up on the UN Commission on the Status of Women As far right works to roll back women’s rights from inside the UN, our participation is more important than ever

Why feminists must not give up on the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Trump’s war rhetoric drifts as US escalates toward ground war As Trump vows to send Iran “back to the stone ages”, US military build-up points to a deeper, expanding war

Trump’s war rhetoric drifts as US escalates toward ground war

Why you (yes, you) should read my boring article The appointment of an ex-Amazon exec to the UK’s competition watchdog is not just for competition lawyers to gossip about

A former Amazon exec heading up the Competitions and Marketing Authority is a recipe for disaster. If you've got questions about why that's the case, our tech reporting fellow Jade-Ruyu Yan wants to hear from you. Drop her a message!

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Getting serious with Zack Polanski’s Green Party Star-studded think tank launches, defection rumours and ‘growing pains’ – a week inside the ascendant Green Party

Getting serious with Zack Polanski’s Green Party

How African creators are currently being exploited in the AI boom To turn the tide and address AI threats, African copyright frameworks need to be revised.

How African creators are currently being exploited in the AI boom

When the state openly admits it wants its eyes on you at all Please type and press enter

"The State is being ripped off and hollowed out."

Listen to ORG's Exec Director @jim.killock.org.uk discuss the need for UK digital sovereignty to break from our dependence on foreign-owned Big Tech and how to escape the enshittification of social media.

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Behind the headlines and rhetoric, what do Labour’s immigration plans mean for those affected?

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Gurr-boss: The ex-Amazon exec at the UK competition watchdog Yes, new CMA chair Doug Gurr has downplayed links to Big Tech. But that’s not why experts are worried

We've got an ex-Amazon guy leading the UK competition watchdog. He downplays his Amazon ties. The petty thing would be to say that he's the director of the Natural History Museum, which partners with AWS.

I did that, but I asked: do these connections matter? www.opendemocracy.net/en/doug-gurr...