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The Populist Alliance: How Vote Leave Came to Rule British Politics
Even despite the resignation of Lord David Frost, the hard Brexit project has been enshrined into Britain’s political institutions with far-reaching consequences, says former Labour MP Ian Lucas

Private Health Meets Big Data
Sam Bright explores the collaboration between two tech giants, and what this means for the future of healthcare

Turkish Military Targeted by Sinister Algorithm Following 2016 Coup
A complex algorithm is being used to determine whether military personnel were involved in trying to overthrow the Turkish Government – with devastating consequences, reports Stephen Delahunty

EXCLUSIVE The Non-Disclosure Agreements Hiding University Partnerships with State-Backed Chinese Tech Firms
Max Colbert explores how UK universities are bound to secrecy over their links to controversial Chinese companies

EXCLUSIVE Authoritarian Influence? 75% of Russell Group Universities Hold Agreements with State-Linked Chinese Tech Firms
Are partnerships between the UK’s leading higher education institutions and Chinese companies suggestive of a new intellectual 'Belt and Road' strategy from Beijing? Max Colbert and The Citizens report

The Vote Leave Regime Knows Our Election System Can Be Corrupted – So Won’t Do Anything to Change It
Former Labour MP Ian Lucas – author of the forthcoming book Digital Gangsters – says Downing Street knows that British politics is broken but has a stake in preserving this

Government’s Proposed Data Reforms Would Hinder the Honest and Empower the Dishonest
Phil Booth unpicks the Government’s planned post-Brexit data reforms

Meta Access: The Media and Mr Zuckerberg
With his probing eye for conflicts of interest in the British press, Mic Wright turns his scrutiny to tech journalists and their coverage of Facebook
The Origins of Normalisation
Julian Petley looks back to the Soviet oppression of Czechoslovakia and the dissidence of the playwright Václav Havel for an understanding of the Post-Truth ideology of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson
The Meta Narrative: How Zuckerberg Just Won’t Listen
The Facebook boss’ response to damning revelations about the social media platform has been to go full Orwellian, says Kyle Taylor
EXCLUSIVE Tracking Without Transparency: Met Police Expands Social Media Surveillance Operations
A secretive database using covert methods to monitor social media platforms is recording more and more data on individuals who may or may not be involved in crime
British Newspapers are the Biggest Trolls – But They Claim Exemption
Mic Wright takes a sceptical look at the political campaign to counter ‘online abuse’ which somehow overlooks the revolving doors and revolting comments of their allies in publishing
EXCLUSIVE Government Awards £12.4 Million Funding to Firm Owned by Tory Donor to Develop Flying Taxis
Significant amounts of public money have been invested in the company, yet the Government hasn’t declared any conflicts of interest, reveals Sam Bright
Journalism is Not a Profession: It Has to be Unruly to Challenge the Rulers
As Chinese journalists are sent for professional re-education, Matthew Gwyther argues that regulation and conformity threaten the unlicensed essence of holding power to account
EXCLUSIVE Genomic Marketing of COVID Testing Company Without People’s Affirmative Consent
Privacy International has warned of a potentially ‘serious breach’ of privacy regulations by a firm that has been awarded £169.4 million in Government contracts
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