My part in Godfrey Elfwick’s downfall
Godfrey Elfwick was a reassuring presence on Twitter. The parody account of the right-on hipster was the perfect antidote to…
Valuations of tech stocks have become insanely high
What are we to make of a 19 per cent fall in both Facebook and Twitter shares at the end…
Exclusive: MPs advised to stay off Twitter accounts
Remember when, as a child, you were astonished to discover that not only did your teacher not retreat to the…
Mean Girls and meaner trolls: the rise of Twitter diplomacy
You can tell a lot about a leader by the diplomats they choose to represent them. Brezhnev had Anatoly Dobrynin,…
Is social media doing the Devil’s work?
Twitter brings out a mean streak in some people that can take the breath away. And I should know. I…
The Spectator Podcast: The digital inquisition
On this week’s episode, we examine Twitter’s mob mentality, get to the heart of PTSD, and look at how Russia…
The Russia US election probe is lose-lose for Facebook
The ongoing investigation into Russian influence in the US election is looking more and more like an existential threat to…
If Jesus Christ was on Twitter, would he be attacked by malignant trolls?
You must listen to the feisty new episode of the Holy Smoke podcast, in which Cristina Odone and I ask…
Animal rights groups fail to rally outside of social media
Another attempt to bring animal rights activism off social media and into the real world has faltered. Nothing changes, does…
The most shocking thing about Donald Trump’s Sadiq Khan tweet? He’s right
How thin-skinned and pompous the British media class is. On the airwaves, Twitter, and elsewhere, the reaction to Donald Trump’s tweet…
Ed Miliband’s sassy Twitter reinvention is bad news for Labour
I really liked Ed Miliband. I thought he would make a great Prime Minister. He was wide-eyed and striving, the less…
The Spectator Podcast: Aid isn’t working
On this week’s podcast, we consider how refugees could be better aided, whether David Cameron might be envious of George Osborne’s ‘retirement’,…
Britain’s medieval libel laws should be kept away from Twitter
It is testament to the chilling effect of libel law on public discussion that I feel nervous about the sentences…
The Trump-fearing, Brexit-loathing set make even Piers Morgan look reasonable
I can forgive many of the sins of the Trump-is-Hitler, Brexit-is-Beelzebub lobby. I mean, we all lose the plot occasionally.…
Daft celebrity mourners have made 2016 the year of the ‘Tearleader’
Despite my ‘difficult’ reputation, I am a cheery cove in real life, all the more so as I get older.…
How social media won the day for the Donald
There are plenty of theories about how Donald Trump pulled off his shock victory. But however he did manage to…
What’s Twitter really worth?
Can Twitter be worth more than Deutsche? On Tuesday, as rumours swirled of possible bidders for the microblogging site, the…
No, thank you, Officer, I will not think before I speak
As my daughter was preparing for her AS level exam on 1984 this week, George Orwell’s dystopian classic loomed back…
Nicholas Soames’ Twitter account is a miracle (and so is his diet)
Miracles are not ceased. A few years ago, a kindly educational therapist took pity on John Prescott and set out…
Is Zayn Malik as delighted as I am by Azealia Banks’ Twitter ban?
There aren’t too many things I have in common with Zayn Malik, but as of this week, we do at…
Does Big Brother Watch need to keep an eye on Twitter’s Nick Pickles?
This week Twitter has announced the launch of a new Trust & Safety Council measure which aims to prevent users from…
Twitter’s new ‘Safety Council’ makes a mockery of free speech
If you think it’s only crybaby students who set up safe spaces in which they might hide from gruff words…
Are hipsters the new aristocracy?
I love Twitter. Just like the historian Dan Snow, I find the social media site to be an overwhelmingly positive…
PMQs sketch: Cameron’s ‘b— word’ sets off a Twitter-quake of offence
Jeremy Corbyn hasn’t changed his clothes since Christmas. He arrived at PMQs today in his dependable outfit of non-slip shoes,…
Team Corbyn left red-faced over Berlin hostel Twitter ‘hack’
Over the weekend a number of strange tweets were emitted from Jeremy Corbyn’s Twitter account. The Labour leader appeared to…
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