Are romance bots really a mental health fix?
A whole industry of romance AI apps are marketing themselves as something they are not.
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The TikTok Election – How Reform got to be so popular
In this Public Inquiry feature, we analyse the TikTok content put out by UK political parties in the lead up to 2024 UK general elections.
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The revolution may not be on social
Social media activism is stifled. Physical activism is under attack. How do we resist?
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Visibility or Invisibility: Does social media help or hinder pro-Palestine university camps?
The Citizens’ Manasa Narayanan travelled to UK universities to learn how students in pro-Palestine camps are making use of social media: amidst media mistrust, censorship, far-right harassment and university crackdown.
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Mistrust, censorship and surveillance: Pro-Palestine students wrestle with how to mobilise in the modern age
Students from Pro-Palestine camps across the UK tell us how they are using technology to mobilise and protest against the war on Gaza.
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In the Observer piece, Manasa Narayanan and Sian Norris uncover how anti-abortion charity Right To Life UK has spent nearly £190,000 on Facebook ad campaigns in the last three years, putting out misleading ads on the platform, in an attempt to reverse progress of abortion rights in the UK
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