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Jasper Jackson

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Jasper Jackson is a freelance journalist and media commentator, and former Guardian assistant media editor

April 2024

  • Total War Warhammer 3 screengrab.

    double quotation markWhen even Warhammer nerds leave the battlefield, isn’t it time the anti-woke mob laid down their arms?

    Jasper Jackson
    If all but the most diehard gamers want to embrace female characters and inclusivity, the rest of the world should take note, says freelance journalist and media commentator Jasper Jackson

March 2022

  • Yandex founder Arkady Volozh (front, second right) celebrating Yandex listing on the Nasdaq exchange in 2011.

    Western-owned Russian firm helps sites pushing false news profit from ads

    Yandex-delivered ads found alongside misinformation and propaganda about Ukraine on Russian-language news sites

February 2022

  • Civilians walk past an abandoned tank in southern Tigray

    Facebook ‘lets vigilantes in Ethiopia incite ethnic killing’

    Social media giant accused of inaction after users post ‘horrifying and hateful content’

September 2021

  • An investigation found ads for Amazon Pharmacy on more than 30 websites that spread Covid misinformation and conspiracy theories.

    Nike and Amazon among brands advertising on Covid conspiracy sites

    Household names may have unwittingly helped spread fake news, investigation reveals

April 2021

  • A pandemic conspiracy theory on Instagram.

    Facebook ‘still too slow to act on groups profiting from Covid conspiracy theories’

    Over 100 Instagram accounts are promoting dangerous antivax views and selling ‘detox’ products, investigation finds

January 2021

  • Facebook said it had ‘removed a small number of the pages shared with us for violating our policies’.

    Facebook ‘still making money from anti-vax sites’

    Social network allowing dangerous Covid theories to be shared, says Bureau of Investigative Journalism

April 2017

  • Reaction to EU Referendum result, London, UK - 24 Jun 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ben Cawthra/REX/Shutterstock (5736795d)
UKIP donor Arron Banks celebrating in Westminster on the day that the UK voted to leave the EU in a referendum. ( Andy Wigmore on left)
Reaction to EU Referendum result, London, UK - 24 Jun 2016

    double quotation markOnline political advertising is a black box and democracy should be worried

    Jasper Jackson
  • Jo Brand.

    Jo Brand to return as host of Bake Off spin​​off as it moves to Channel 4

  • Facebook’s page on fake news, with a nod to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel.

    Facebook to offer users tips on spotting fake news

  • Soldier with a gun in Call of Duty

    Could the Call of Duty franchise be the next Marvel?

March 2017

  • David Tennant

    Dozens of alleged hacking victims join action against Sun publisher

  • Tanni Grey-Thompson, who won 16 medals across five Paralympic Games

    Three senior BBC execs miss out on new board as Paralympian appointed

  • The Sky Q electronic programme guide

    UK broadcasters back BBC's call for top spots on programme guides

  • Lawyers have requested access to email accounts used by Rebekah Brooks and James Murdoch.

    Phone hacking: lawyers seek access to Murdoch and Brooks email accounts

  • BBC focus too middle aged and middle class, says Ofcom chief

  • Fake news inquiry to review social networks' complaints procedures

  • Facebook to face MPs over failure to remove problem images

  • Meera Syal criticises lack of Asian people on British TV

  • Home Office decision to end Dubs scheme 'not backed by evidence'

  • Manhunt after woman forced into car with toddler and raped

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