Delighted to be joining the stage @BylineFest to discuss the power of Big Tech and what to do about it.
You can watch @Kinsellas, @seyiakiwowo, and @_andyburrows give their evidence re online abuse to the @HoCpetitions committee live, here:
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde…
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!
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
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
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










