Why it’s time to regulate the ‘big data’ giants
Mark Zuckerberg’s EU hearing was little more than window-dressing. It’s time for governments to look at breaking up the online monopolies.
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Trade unionists are demanding a shakeup of Westminster’s political system
Parliament is crumbling in more ways than one. But momentum is growing in the labour movement for real democratic reform.
Constructing collusion: Why the police must be held to account over their role in blacklisting
How can the force be held to account if we have no idea who was involved?
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: It’s time to give Facebook to its users
The Cambridge Analytica revelations are another sign that the social network is not acting in the interests of the community. For Facebook to be a real social network, it needs to be owned by those who invest their personal lives in it.
Daily Mail accuse Corbyn supporters of ‘launching an attack on the BBC’ – sound familiar?
The BBC’s news coverage is ‘studiously fair’ railed the Mail – apparently forgetting their almost daily accusations of bias at the state broadcaster.
The Greens officially rejected that Labour affiliation idea
The party’s spring conference responded directly to the suggestion made by Guardian columnist Owen Jones.
How 2018 could be the last year of the Lords
In the wake of fresh lobbying revelations, the SNP say this might be the year our unelected chamber is done away with altogether.
Nick Clegg getting a knighthood is a joke – his political career is one of utter failure
I struggle to think of a politician more undeserving of the honour.
New methods of persuasion and propaganda define our political age. Is democracy threatened?
Tom Pashby reviews Lee de-Wit’s new book ‘What’s Your Bias?: The Surprising Science of Why We Vote the Way We Do’.
Three months with no Parliament? May’s plan to save face is dangerous for democracy
The PM is reportedly planning to extend the summer recess while she negotiates Brexit