Has the world’s richest man simply lost his marbles or been ‘radicalised’ by his own platform? David Troy traces his beliefs and behaviour to paint an altogether more concerning picture of the X owner’s political and cultural journey
One of the content creators was allegedly paid $400,000 a month for four weekly video productions
Social media algorithms show violent content to boys but that’s just the start of the problem according to a leading investigative journalist
Carol Vorderman’s Alternative Mactaggart lecture on how snobbery turned people off TV
Elon Musk’s relationship with X is a commercial and political disaster. He badly needs an off-ramp
Dan Wootton, Beverley Turner, David Vance have posted the disclaimer which legal experts have said offers no protection from the law
Dawn Butler is running to lead the House of Commons’ committee on science and tech
The story of how the Conservatives exempted their media supporters from laws against spreading dangerously false information online
Robinson has been blamed for stoking the unrest, but the tentacles of disinformation are global. Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection
The independent regulator Impress has called for new legislation to tackle the dangers of social media misinformation
Key elements of misinformation about the Southport killings originated in a social media post by ‘Channel 3 News’
The former footballer has been charged with malicious communications over tweets he sent about ex-England player, Eni Aluko.
Broadcasters and politicians say they fear her “abrupt” exit from the station means “excellent journalists are at risk for simply doing their job and asking robust questions”.
Byline Times has spotted four more instances of questionable data collection by parliamentary candidates. Can you help this newspaper find more?
The social media frenzy around the Princess of Wales’ absence from public life reveals the most fundamental tension in our modern monarchy: the codependence of the Royal Family and the press, writes Jonathan Lis
The Scottish Green Party Co-Leader and Government minister says Islamophobia has been treated as less important than antisemitism, as he calls for media reform
Deletions seem more likely in the future as politicians fear the consequences of messages entering the public domain
Scientists are abandoning Elon Musk’s Twitter amid a “mass extinction event” on the social media network, says Philipp Markolin.
Ivor Gaber examines the technique of repeating untruths for a particular gain and how to counter it
‘The “go home” vans were a scandal because people saw them in the street,’ one expert told this newspaper. ‘With these ads, if you are not the target demographic, then you will just never see them’
Stalking is often misidentified as a lower level offence. Byline Times speaks to victims who have yet to receive a proper police response
In the seventh part of its three-year special investigation, Byline Times can reveal the internet data leaks that tie the TV presenter to the online aliases he has not denied being connected to
Putin is quite likely to silence Prigozhin, but he’s equally likely to let him retain control of the notorious St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency which specialises in influencing foreign elections, writes Brian Latham
All Alex Truby wanted to find was the washing powder. Instead, he says, he found the key to a scandal now rocking the British media
In the fourth part of its three-year special investigation, Byline Times reveals how the GB News presenter and MailOnline columnist used News UK cash to pay male adult actors to secretly film themselves having sex with men he had targeted on Facebook
In the third part of a three-year special investigation, Byline Times details the trauma of a man controlled for 10 years by Martin Branning – the pseudonym of TV presenter Dan Wootton
Tyrannies have to act, constantly. Thinking comes later. So Russian disinformation will not end with the demise of one oligarch
A global coalition is urging ministers and lords to protect end-to-end encryption in the Online Safety Bill
A renowned weapons expert uninvited from a government conference sets out his concerns around the policy that has now appeared to justify experts being ‘cancelled’ in Whitehall
After two years of investigation by Byline Times and The Citizens, the scandal of secret government communications is finally coming to light
Renowned weapons expert Dan Kaszeta reveals how he fell victim to a Soviet-style blacklist after UK officials discovered he had criticised Government policy on Twitter
Kate Devlin explains why an invitation to address Ministry of Justice staff was rescinded because of Government ‘due diligence’ of her social media accounts
The Duke of Sussex claims secret deal included ‘very large’ payout for his brother Prince William
The policy change does not go so far as to prohibit the use of automatic deletion functionality around messages
Chris Ogden shows how the logical extension of banning the Chinese platform for its data collection would be to clamp down on other forms of social media, including Facebook and Google
24-hour news, smartphones, social media, Simon Speakman Cordall explores how the incessant and diverting streams of news and comment are radicalising us all
The claims of Dmitry Medvedev denying the existence of Ukraine remove all doubt about the Kremlin’s genocidal thinking. But what of its totalitarian methods?
Despite years of asking for the former special advisor’s WhatsApp messages under Freedom of Information laws, the Cabinet Office may never have asked Dominic Cummings for them. Why? Iain Overton reports
Prominent right-wingers at the BBC have long been given the sort of leeway for their views that those on the left never will, writes Adam Bienkov
Isabel Oakeshott’s exposé comes in the wake of repeated rejections by the Government of every Freedom of Information request on the disclosure of ministers’ use of WhatsApp for official business, reports Iain Overton
New research has found that non-consensual sharing of intimate images bear many of the hallmarks of domestic abuse
In his editorial from the February 2023 print edition of Byline Times, Peter Jukes looks at Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and the scandals around ‘Russiagate’ coverage in the US
Elon Musk’s selective leaks suggested Twitter ‘censored’ Conservatives, but evidence shows they refused to boost a right-wing disinformation campaign around Hunter Biden’s laptop