WIRED • 8th February 2022 Cover story: How Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook Hundreds of millions of users. No algorithm. No ads. Courage in the face of autocracy. Sound like a dream? Careful what you wish for.
Financial Times • 17th September 2021 Cover story: Did Occupy Wall Street mean anything at all? A deep-dive into the legacy of the movement that swept the world, ten years on
the Guardian • 17th August 2021 ‘Spreading like a virus’: inside the EU’s struggle to debunk Covid lies Understaffed and underpowered, a Brussels taskforce tries to fight a fake news tide that threatens to undermine the union itself
openDemocracy • 31st March 2021 How Germany became ground zero for the COVID infodemic It was a warm evening in late summer last year when trouble began to brew in front of the Reichstag, the historic home of the German Parliament
Coda Story • 25th February 2021 The information war eroding political reality in Brazil After years studying the nation’s military hierarchy, one academic believes that he has uncovered a coordinated program to contaminate discourse and bolster the army’s power
WIRED • 13th November 2020 The Scammer Who Wanted to Save His Country One sleepy Sunday morning in May 2019, Glenn Greenwald was sitting in his home office in Rio de Janeiro when he received a phone call from a number he didn't recognize
the Guardian • 5th November 2020 Here's why lockdown is Nigel Farage’s new target Fresh from the US election campaign, the rebranded rightwinger intends to exploit Tory disunity over Covid-19
Foreign Policy • 30th October 2020 Democratic Socialists Lost, but Their Ideas Have Won Even though Bernie Sanders didn’t win the U.S. Democratic nomination and Jeremy Corbyn was beaten badly in the 2019 election, the movements their campaigns created will live on
The Guardian • 13th December 2019 The Brexit party folded, but make no mistake: Farage won it for Johnson Whatever Nigel Farage does next, his decision to stand aside against 317 Tories and target Labour leavers was monumental
WIRED UK • 11th December 2019 Inside the dirty digital battle for Harrow East's crucial Indian votes The Kashmir conflict has shifted a North London suburb into the eye of an international storm
openDemocracy • 10th December 2019 Inside Momentum’s plan to defy the polls and make Corbyn PM Bogeyman of the right, heroes of the left: but what does Momentum actually do, and why has it been so successful?
OneZero - Medium • 6th December 2019 Governing by Video Game Cities across the United States are exploring online games as a way of engaging citizens. But being a citizen isn’t the same thing as being a gamer.
OpenCanada • 14th November 2019 How Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party followed Canada The Brexit Party will not compete for Conservative seats in the UK's December election, aligning the country’s right-wing parties more than ever. Is the ‘Canada model’ their example?
The Guardian • 11th November 2019 The Brexit party has made its first U-turn. But expect more surprises from Farage The so-called leave alliance will no doubt help the Tories but will also let the former Ukip leader focus on key constituencies
Slate • 29th October 2019 Barcelona Burning A wall of fire was burning outside my apartment. A woman screamed from her balcony, “We are pacifists! We don’t believe in violence!” An angry shout came back from the street, “The pacifists are in prison!”
WIRED UK • 21st October 2019 'We are at war': How the Brexit Party's viral hit factory upended British politics The Brexit Party has run amok in the European Parliament. Now it's gearing up for an altogether more serious campaign
New Statesman • 2nd October 2019 Cover story: The Brexit revolutionaries How Leave.EU, a self-styled guerrilla movement, infiltrated the Conservative Party and became the dominant digital powerhouse in British politics.
OneZero - Medium • 14th August 2019 Could Removing Social Media Metrics Reduce Polarization? Social media reflects and refracts a divided society, but eliminating the ‘like’ button could help bring us back together
Columbia Journalism Review • 13th June 2019 In Italy, Five Star Movement’s war on journalism is picking up pace Five Star, like other populist parties in Europe, attacks the press as a matter of routine, often for publishing “fake news.” But for Five Star overcoming journalism is part of its raison d’être
Wired • 24th May 2019 How the EU’s Far Right Could Boost Big Tech With right-wing populists expected surge in the European elections, legislation to rein in Silicon Valley could struggle to pass. Could Big Tech find itself depending on the far-right to defend its corner?
