01.11.24
Big Tech
Toxic lies being used to push bitcoin scams and MAGA shirts to Facebook users in run-up to US election
09.10.24
The Enablers
Parties’ growing reliance on private cash has opened up the entire system to foreign influence
17.07.24
Most legal cases are open to the public and media alike – but not all the details are allowed to be reported
06.07.24
Two sets of sites pushing Russian misinformation grew rapidly in the run up to this week’s votes in the UK and France
02.07.24
Conservatives, SNP, Reform, Lib Dems and Greens took payments from donor not on electoral register
01.07.24
Experts say promotion of divisive views combined with anti-Ukraine stance has been a mark of Russian influence operations
28.06.24
UK Elections
Elected members of government and NHS doctors are among those with no say on 4 July
26.06.24
After months of trawling social media and logging spreadsheets, we found a story that shows the alarming proximity of ‘fringe’ views to mainstream politics
Groups boast more than 60,000 members and have been used as a recruiting ground for Reform despite bearing no official links to the party
14.06.24
New changes led to 14,000 people turned away from polling booths at local elections
06.06.24
TBIJ’s Trans+ Voices project sets out what the vote could mean for policy on healthcare, education and more
05.06.24
AI-edited videos of Starmer and Sunak evaded social media rules and cheated people out of money
With 2bn people heading to the polls this year, regulators must keep pace with new strategies of deception
Concerns raised over platform’s ability to curb misinformation as major elections loom
03.05.24
Local Power
Authority was declared bankrupt after series of ruinous business deals made under previous administration
04.04.24
Trans+ Voices
Bureaucratic barriers and the threat of discrimination or abuse could prevent many from voting in person at the upcoming local elections
27.03.24
It has become theoretically possible to identify almost anyone when they are caught on video
Tech used to repress dissent against Putin’s regime is powered by unwitting workers in global south
Workers logging onto a Russian gig work platform unwittingly trained facial recognition tools used to detain activists in Moscow
24.11.23
Family Court Files
After two decades as a court reporter, a journalist is able to report for the first time on decisions that can determine children’s futures, thanks to a family courts transparency pilot
