Jan 16, 2020
Opting out of 'digital serfdom'
Cristina D'Amico
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter extract their users' labour for profit. The solution, says author Richard Seymour in his new book, is a social industry strike.
social media
Dec 18, 2019
Robert Fisk on journalism, fake news and truth
face2face
Journalist Robert Fisk and director Yung Chang talk about their new film "This Is Not A Movie," exploring the contemporary media landscape and the question "what is truth?"
Nov 1, 2019
It is vital to be able to 'read' social media
Philip Lee
Nearly seven out of 10 Canadian millennials get their news from social media. Should we be worried?
Agence France-Presse's fact checker
3 Minute Action
A tool to help check memes.
How to make your online activism more effective
Guides
A guide from Tactical Tech with strategies and tools.
Oct 1, 2019
With the right weaponizing social media, what's a leftist to do?
Maya Bhullar
People say online activism makes no difference or that the left can't meme. But the right has weaponized trolling to radicalize users. Can we stop feeding the trolls -- and actually organize online?
Sep 9, 2019
'Inauthentic activity' on social media, abuse of progressive women in politics … is there a common thread?
David J. Climenhaga
Use of violent and abusive language on social media, sometimes translating into actual violence, is becoming a particular problem for women in politics, especially progressive women.
Jan 29, 2019
UCP candidate learns lesson of biblical proportions following erroneous $50,000 carbon tax claim
David J. Climenhaga
A Medicine Hat preacher doesn't seem to have appreciated the online attention his sermon attracted Sunday -- thanks to an ill-advised tweet by an inattentive UCP candidate in a pew.
Dec 14, 2018
Who's behind the social media campaign calling for Alberta separation?
David J. Climenhaga
The suggestion in Canadian media that alienation felt by Western Canadians in general and Albertans in particular is vastly on the rise simply defies credulity.
Oct 15, 2018
The internet helped defeat the MAI 20 years ago, does it still have that power?
Brent Patterson
An "electronic tidal wave" contributed to the defeat of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment in 1998, what lessons does that hold for us today?
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