Independent, UK-based organisation concerned about the degradation in online discourse and its implications for democracy.

United Kingdom
Joined August 2019
Delighted to be joining the stage @BylineFest to discuss the power of Big Tech and what to do about it.
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You can watch @Kinsellas, @seyiakiwowo, and @_andyburrows give their evidence re online abuse to the @HoCpetitions committee live, here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde…
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3/4 A closer look reveals he's already been banned from Twitter at least once - he boasts about this *in his Twitter profile*. He's simply created a fresh account, and is back for more. Easy!
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2/4 Shortly after tweeting about it, she started receiving abusive replies, as she seems to get with pretty much all her posts. That included on from this charming chap
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There's lots of info about all the main people involved in the project on our website here: cleanuptheinternet.org.uk/ab… See also this tweet 👇
Nice to see our research cited in today's @CommonsDCMS report, "Misinformation in the COVID-19 Infodemic". publications.parliament.uk/p…
BBC Click has some interesting (and depressing) stats and analysis about abuse being directed at parliamentary candidates during this general election campaign. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… #GE2019 #techforgood #socialmedia
Replying to @mikebutcher
@mikebutcher illustrates the point by adopting a bad accent and claiming to be from St Petersburg. Rest of panel momentarily confused. #BylineFestival #bylinefest
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Replying to @Kinsellas
@Kinsellas on the range of people recently raises problems with Twitter anonymity - "I didn't expect to be mentioning @HarryMaguire93 and @AyoCaesar in the same sentence, even here" #BylineFestival #bylinefest