The filter bubble isn't just Facebook's fault -- it's yours
Dec 06, 2016 07:43 am UTC| Technology Politics
Following the shock results of Brexit and the Trump victory, a lot of attention has focused on the role that Facebook might have played in creating online political ghettos in which false news can easily spread. Facebook...
The Italian referendum: No Trump nor Brexit
Dec 06, 2016 07:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Italians have delivered an overwhelming defeat to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Initial tallies of Dec. 4s referendum show a vote of just under 60 percent rejecting Renzis constitutional reform package, with a little...
A history of the American anti-feminism behind Clinton's defeat
Dec 06, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The victory of Donald J Trump in the November 2016 US presidential election came as a particular shock to those who had believed that the American nation was ready and willing to elect its first female president. Evidence...
Unbelievable news? Read it again and you might think it's true
Dec 06, 2016 06:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the weeks since the U.S. election, concerns have been raised about the prominence and popularity of false news stories spread on platforms such as Facebook. A BuzzFeed analysis found that the top 20 false election...
Dec 06, 2016 03:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A referendum is not (and should not be comparable to) a general election; they are two different kinds of electoral instruments. The former asks the people to express their opinion on one or more issues (usually by means...
The 'no' vote in Italy's referendum triggers economic and political uncertainty
Dec 05, 2016 23:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Italian voters have rejected plans for constitutional reform supported by the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. This result means more political and economic uncertainty for the time being. The aim of the...
Brexit in the Supreme Court – here's what it all means
Dec 05, 2016 10:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The UK supreme court is hearing argument in one of the most important cases to be decided by British judges. Miller v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union concerns the question of whether the British...