Tech, Data and Algorithms

James Wallbank explores how Systems Thinking can help the public to understand the methods of the Prime Minister and his chief advisor –and why they must not be mistaken for buffoons

David Hencke explores the implications of one of the most extraordinary Government power grabs he has seen as a political reporter

Sam Bright tracks the global expansion of data mining company Palantir during the Coronavirus pandemic

Stephen Colegrave tries to estimate how many billions the Prime Minister and his Government have wasted in their first year in power

Sam Bright tracks the rise of Topham Guerin, the New Zealand 'propaganda pair' in charge of the UK Government's online Coronavirus communications

India and America are suffering parallel slides towards authoritarianism, reports CJ Werleman

A French-owned company is in bed with both Huawei and the Foreign Office, reports Sam Bright

COVID-19 is accelerating the attempts of big tech companies to harvest our data, writes Tanya O'Carroll.

Sam Bright reports on how two 20-something New Zealanders, allies of Lynton Crosby, were awarded a massive Government COVID-19 campaign contract

Caolan Robertson draws on his first-hand experience of stirring up right-wing political outrage for likes

With mounting scandals and inconsistencies over the Government's handling of COVID-19, Stephen Colegrave and Peter Jukes have compiled a list of its biggest falsehoods so far

The third part of Nafeez Ahmed's investigation shows how public health was sacrificed to ideology as the lockdown was eased

With lockdown restrictions being eased, how can people make 'common sense' decisions around the Coronavirus risk in their area if accurate data is being kept from them?