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How to stop brain rot
Oxford University Press’s word of the year suggests social media has become a drug-like distraction from the world
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Letters: Opinion divided on our Shit List
Our annual round-up of the people Britain could do without has stirred up some strong views
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If Musk wants to give Farage £100m, let him
There’s a good case for shaking up UK campaign finance - but banning one particular donation would backfire
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Badenoch’s dangerous lurch into the online swamp
Telling small groups of people that they will be taken seriously if only they shout loudly enough is damaging for democracy
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Why I'm conflicted about the implosion of Twitter
That we have seemingly managed to beat Elon Musk should be cause for celebration. Why, then, do I have this uneasiness about it?
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The word I want to get into the dictionary
The ‘trollification’ that happens on X, Elon Musk’s online hellhole, deserves a definition
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Why Britain can’t afford to ignore X
A social media rumour about Keir Starmer has attracted millions of views – aided by far right figures who amplify conspiracy theories online
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You’ve left Twitter and moved to Bluesky: here’s what you need to know
As users joining the “Xodus” are discovering, the platform is very different from Elon Musk’s kingdom
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Allison Pearson and a series of terrible misjudgments
How one tweet and two mistakes saw the right wing columnist get a knock on the door from the police
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Are ‘trusted flaggers’ reporting hate or erasing debate?
Germany is issuing licences to groups who will report (what they think is) illegal and detrimental content on social media platforms
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It’s time for MPs to get off Twitter
The social media platform has become so vile and corrupted that no politician should be anywhere near it
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Dilettante: The internet I loved is disappearing fast
Online life has changed over the past five years or so, and not for the better. The algorithm has taken over entirely
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The stateless authoritarian
He’s already the richest man on the planet. Now Elon Musk is going after even more power
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Elon Musk: a man without a plan
A credulous, paranoid chancer, Musk has risen to fame through luck and other people’s hard work
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Letters: Rejoining is the only thing that makes sense
No amount of slightly closer cooperation in areas of little everyday benefit can get anywhere near the massive gains from being back in the EU
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Letters: A simple solution to dangerous social media
If you do not like a social media site, do not use it. If it is not used enough, it will eventually evaporate
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Cartoon: Is it time to leave ‘X’?
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What Musk gets wrong about free speech
Hate speech online is different from a whisper in a pub - and pretending otherwise to win a ‘war on woke’ is absurd
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Reform's conference sounds like a grand old time
Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Harry Cole and more
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Dilettante: Joining the X-odus
Is it time to leave Elon Musk’s online sewer?
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The Musk/Trump mess
Technical issues delayed the start of the blowhards’ audio chat. The delay was the best bit
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Fixing social media in antisocial times
Elon Musk allows Twitter users to fan the flames of disorder - and that may come back to burn him and them
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The anti-Ukraine Facebook network targeting UK voters
Posts are aimed at left and right, with tactics that are a hallmark of Russian security
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Truth Social, Don’s new con
As Trump goes on trial, his fans are already paying the price for buying into his social network
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Everyday Philosophy: Digital clones are here to stay
But, according to Jean-Paul Sartre’s thinking, this may not be the cause for concern that society portrays it to be
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The trouble with Tesla
Elon Musk’s car company has hit a rough patch of road - and things could be about to get even worse
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The smoke-and-mirrors secrets of Trump’s new fortune
If the former president cashes in on Truth Social’s ludicrous valuation, it will be at the expense of his biggest fans
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Every time Elon Musk acts, another bit of Twitter dies – and he’s fine with that
The billionaire tech bro is no longer trying to save the company he paid $44billion to own
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A right royal photo bomb
Kate’s edited picture is a reminder that the truth matters
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Let kids keep their phones
Banning phones for under-16s would make them more anxious, not less
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America’s dirty online war
Are the trolls finally deserting Trump?
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The Home Office’s plan to pay influencers to deter migrants is both absurd and malevolent
The policy reads like ridiculous, clunky satire