Part Three of a five-part special investigation by Dan Evans and Tom Latchem into a missing person’s case with dark criminal undertones
Part Two of a five part special investigation by Dan Evans and Tom Latchem into a missing person’s case with dark criminal undertones
Part One of a five part special investigation by Dan Evans and Tom Latchem
Those who watched silently as reactionary tech bosses seized power in the US must now wake up and fight back, argues Johan Farkas and Aurelien Mondon
“Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics” according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago
The Conservative Party leader’s refusal to criticise the X owner’s dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office
Obeying in advance by US and British media means they cannot combat the march of the hard right Broligarchs
Nigel Farage is already benefiting financially thanks to the billionaire owner of X
Guardian Media Group journalists are right to resist plans to sell the Observer newspaper to James Harding’s Tortoise Media, argues Mic Wright
“The UK’s news environment [risks] fracturing irreparably along social, regional and economic lines… The implications for our society and democracy would be grim.”
The idea Alison Pearson should have avoided investigation simply because of her position at the Daily Telegraph is abhorrent to natural justice, argues lawyer Gareth Roberts
The rise of online sleuthing is leading to the ‘gamification’ of our lives at the expense of often deeply vulnerable people
Rachael Reeves’ budget was disappointing. Not for its content, but the way it was communicated
British nonprofits set to flee the platform after Elon Musk’s campaign for Donald Trump pays off
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