The Brussels connection: Turning the tide on radicalisation
Belgium says it is working to combat radicalisation in Brussels. But is it doing enough to counter jihadist narratives and address exclusion?
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Defusing the social media timebomb
Countering the “weaponisation of the internet” with top-down initiatives are unlikely to succeed. What we need are true grassroots efforts.
Read MoreAn ode to Google doodles
Google doodles must be the most fleeting yet most highly visited exhibition on the planet honouring both the famous and the quirky.
Read MoreCorporate social responsibility goes digital
Information technology is being hailed as the new face of socially responsible business.
Read MorePapa’s got a secondhand car…
Is buying a secondhand car after nine months of contemplation akin to becoming a father or a lover?
Read MoreEgypt’s middle-class cyberheroes in focus
Social networking and blogging voices the dreams and aspirations of the young and middle-class in Egypt, leaving other groups as marginalised as ever.
Read MoreSexual harassment: No online way out
Blogging won’t raise awareness about sexual harassment more than it already has. We must focus our efforts on lobbying the government to do more.
Read MoreArab spring and Turkish autumn?
Is Turkey truly a role model for the Arab Spring or is it actually a secular democracy in its autumn years?
Read MoreEgyptian government fears a Facebook revolution
Talk of banning Facebook is only the surface of a greater crackdown on independent media by an insecure government.
Read MoreThe internet of everything and nothing?
Jerry Michalski, the founder of the ‘Relationship economy expedition’ (REX), shares his insights on the future of the internet.
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