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Articles tagged with "Democracy"

30.06.26

The Enablers

How Westminster rolled out the red carpet for crypto’s savviest CEO

Coinbase has been cosying up to the ministers and mandarins behind the UK’s upcoming crypto policy – and is already reaping the rewards

10 minute read

02.06.26

The hate economy

Protecting victims or ‘validating hatred’? MPs debate whether to publish the ethnicity of child sex offenders

Some MPS argue the move would protect victims while others warning it would be used by those trying to sow division

6 minute read

21.05.26

Big Tech

A day at Tommy Robinson’s rally: QR codes, crypto and an AI rapper

Unite the Kingdom was billed as a people’s protest. On the ground, it looked like an operation to turn grievance into clips, donations and sales

3 minute read

15.05.26

The hate economy

Hate is on the rise in Britain. We want to tell a different story

Migrants are under attack by our country’s press, politicians and public. But we’re working to expose the hate economy – and we need your help

4 minute read

21.04.26

Local Power

The secret source who helped me crack a council scandal

How a mysterious late-night email blew open the biggest story of my career

3 minute read

13.04.26

Global Health

Inside the £64bn pharma deal that could cost more lives than Covid

With the NHS on its knees, the UK has struck a secretive new drugs deal. But how was it made – and what will it really cost?

9 minute read

01.04.26

Comment: An urgent wake-up call over the national scandal of illegal children’s homes

Was a vulnerable 15-year-old left at the mercy of abusive criminals because a council was trying to cover its back?

3 minute read

12.03.26

Big Tech

Meet the AI rapper funded by a far-right party

Advance UK has hired the mystery ‘collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist musician and activist – who isn’t real

9 minute read

07.01.26

Environment

Trump’s blatant oil grab lays bare the violence of a fossil fuel economy

The abduction of Maduro came with no pretence of spreading democracy – it’s the new US national security plan in action

3 minute read

16.10.25

Big Tech

New AI video tools are fuelling violent racism on TikTok

Videos of migrants being killed and abused have racked up millions of views. Some users are even making money from them

5 minute read

30.08.25

Major NBA brands linked to forced labour in China

Li-Ning, Anta and 361 Degrees all own facilities linked to Uyghur oppression – with Nike’s supply chain also tainted

6 minute read

29.07.25

The Enablers

Key Abramovich ally fails to overturn UK sanctions

Supreme Court comes to decision on crucial test case for government’s sanctions regime

2 minute read

17.03.25

Local Power

Council that gambled £1bn on the property market set for government takeover

Spelthorne spent big on commercial properties to offset austerity cuts but amassed disastrous debts

07.03.25

Big Tech

Trump is giving Russian cyber ops a free pass – and putting western democracy on the line

The Kremlin has long sought to sow chaos using ‘information confrontation’. That job just got a lot easier

24.01.25

Our Impact

Sara Sharif case: journalists win appeal to name family court judges

Judges involved in decisions around welfare of murdered 10-year-old had been kept nameless due to ‘unprecedented’ order

08.01.25

Big Tech

Zuckerberg and Musk have shown that Big Tech doesn’t care about facts

With tech titans openly disregarding the truth ahead of Trump’s second term, 2025 is likely to herald a new era of disinformation

16.12.24

The Enablers

‘Butcher of Hama’: Assad’s uncle used Guernsey fund manager to stash millions looted from Syria

Ginette Blondel worked without a licence or oversight for alleged war criminal Rifaat al-Assad

03.12.24

Global Health

Why Trump’s next presidency poses a new threat to women’s health

Figures close to new president have already been making moves to influence reproductive services around the world

21.11.24

The Enablers

SLAPPs thwarted attempts to stop Al-Fayed, says MP

Reporting on alleged assaults – including against a 15-year-old – were suppressed by legal threats, Parliament heard

4 minute read

21.11.24

The Enablers

TBIJ teams up with MPs to uncover stories silenced by threats

TBIJ spent a year uncovering public-interest stories blocked by legal threats. On Thursday, MPs will use parliamentary privilege to discuss them

4 minute read

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