Ideas

Could big tech platforms improve democracy rather than undermine it? Possibly, says Common Wealth

The digital platforms that make up 'big tech' as we know it today have done very little for democracy. Ideas…

December 9, 2020 2:24 pm

Explained: Surveillance capitalism (and what Shoshana Zuboff’s definition gets wrong)

The concept of surveillance capitalism is an important one in helping us to better understand our relationship with big technology…

November 17, 2020 3:06 pm

What is the techlash? And is it actually over?

The word ‘techlash’ might appear to be a useful term to describe politicians’ and society’s changing attitude to the technology…

November 8, 2020 4:38 pm

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