Social Media Can Support or Undermine Democracy – It Comes Down to How It’s Designed
The design of a social media platform is an invisible pilot that steers human behaviour. Most major platforms optimise their design with profit in mind, rather than community or democracy.
Investigating Data Available on Social Media Platforms
Although social media is an important “channel” for publishing journalistic investigations, it is also a rich source of information for all kinds of journalistic research. At the Dataharvest 2025 conference, we learned useful ways in which journalists can gather data from platforms for their investigations.
Russians face grim options on social media
Coda - Censorship on VKontakte leaves Russians with few ways of accessing information counter to the Kremlin’s narratives.
Why Telegram became the go-to app for Ukrainians – despite being rife with Russian disinformation
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