Portside

The net is tightening

A better world’s in birth

Surveillance and self-protection

The exodus from mainstream media

Media in galloping retreat

The TikTok ban is about US tech hegemony, not national security or protecting Americans’ data, which homegrown social media companies make a business of collecting and selling.

Are media owners surrendering press freedom?

New attacks on free speech for Palestine advocates

Musk on the run

Tech and disability, the French Murdoch, and more media flashes