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Freedom of speech and the freedom to Tweet

Tweet   . Recently, we’ve seen freedom of speech online in the spotlight, with Hugh Grant even saying on Newsnight he thought Twitter should be regulated. He later backtracked, realising no doubt this...

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Campbell: 2015 “will be the first genuine social media election”

Tweet  Alastair Campbell last night said he believed the 2015 general election will be the first “genuine social media election”. Speaking on the BBC’s This Week, he said that, with 10 million people...

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Graphic: A social media study of the last week of the US election

Tweet  Social Searcher have done a social media study of the last seven days of the US Presidential election campaign, analysing more then 1.3 million Facebook and Twitter mentions of the candidates...

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Bloggers used rhyming slang to swerve China’s censors and talk about Xi Jinping

Tweet  Yesterday saw the curtains drawn on China’s leadership for the next decade in a flurry of orchestrated formality; the reaction on the internet, however, has not been entirely in keeping with the...

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Comment: Hazard, ballboys and the Twitter hate mob

TweetA basic human ability to reason is something that distinguishes us from animals on this planet. However, this evolutionary fact could perhaps be called into question when examining Twitter today...

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Campaigns: Ensuring MPs stick to their 2030 Carbon Target promises

TweetWe’re all aware of the power Twitter has in terms of breaking news. While the idea of ‘citizen journalism’ is sometimes overblown, the social media boom has transformed traditional journalism...

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The tweet that sums up the English Defence League

TweetDoes Tommy Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon, know something that we don’t? #PrayforSalman  

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The internet has changed the world, but we need to wake up to cyber bullying

TweetThe internet has the capacity to connect families across continents, to bring together social groups so that they can fight for change and to unite writers with their readers, but the dark side of...

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If restrictions on free expression continue, Turkey will no longer be able to...

TweetAriana Skipp is a research intern at Quilliam On Thursday afternoon, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blocked Twitter. This follows the internet law that passed through the Turkish...

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Opinion: In defence of the #NoMakeUpSelfie

TweetPatrick English is a MA student at the University of Sheffield I am no utilitarian, but sometimes you just have to look at the consequences, and despite your reservations, simply agree that “Do...

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The internet helps create Julien Blancs – but it can also take them down

TweetThe days of normalising rape and misogyny are numbered, thanks to the power of online campaigning ‘Pick up artist’ and professional creep Julien Blanc is not winning many hearts at the moment....

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#AskGalloway backfires spectacularly

  Yesterday George Galloway made a unique offer to his Twitter followers: if they all sent him a question, he would choose ‘the best one’ and donate his own time to answering it. Inevitably, Twitter...

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Five reasons we should take Facebook into public ownership

Cat Hobbs, founder of We Own It, makes the case for a Facebook cooperatively owned by everyone. Just like the railways, Facebook is a private monopoly running a public service. We, the public, don’t...

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From the accidental to the sinister, the Conservatives’ social media game is...

In the run up to the local elections this Thursday, all major parties have been campaigning online for local council seats across the country. The Conservatives, however, have failed to grasp the...

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The tweet that sums up the English Defence League

Does Tommy Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon, know something that we don’t? #PrayforSalman  

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The internet has changed the world, but we need to wake up to cyber bullying

The internet has the capacity to connect families across continents, to bring together social groups so that they can fight for change and to unite writers with their readers, but the dark side of the...

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If restrictions on free expression continue, Turkey will no longer be able to...

Ariana Skipp is a research intern at Quilliam On Thursday afternoon, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blocked Twitter. This follows the internet law that passed through the Turkish...

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Opinion: In defence of the #NoMakeUpSelfie

Patrick English is a MA student at the University of Sheffield I am no utilitarian, but sometimes you just have to look at the consequences, and despite your reservations, simply agree that “Do you...

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The internet helps create Julien Blancs – but it can also take them down

The days of normalising rape and misogyny are numbered, thanks to the power of online campaigning ‘Pick up artist’ and professional creep Julien Blanc is not winning many hearts at the moment. Last...

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#AskGalloway backfires spectacularly

  Yesterday George Galloway made a unique offer to his Twitter followers: if they all sent him a question, he would choose ‘the best one’ and donate his own time to answering it. Inevitably, Twitter...

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