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Ernie is a writer and editor, and works as a reporter for Logically. He covers tech, disinformation and internet culture -- basically, how stories move online, and how they affect our lives. Previously he worked as a travel journalist, and has published two books: a travel guide, and a memoir about performing in a musical in Turkey. Ernie grew up in Alaska, went to school in Seattle, and spent many years in Istanbul. He now lives with his partner in London.
On May 18, a Telegram channel with more than 17,000 members discussed plans to go to Heathrow and protest the arrival of a plane from India.
There was no news from Heathrow that day. It’s unclear whether the Met intervened and stopped this before it...
A PR agency is offering money to Youtube and TikTok influencers to spread disinformation about the Pfizer vaccine.
For two days, the front pages of the biggest gaming sites weren’t focused on Overwatch or the giant vampire belle from Resident Evil 2 that everyone seems to be really horny for. Instead, they were about Palestine. The editorial staff of IGN,...
A Facebook group titled #SaveSheikhJarrah with 132k members taken down for review. A Palestinian writer who lost access to her Twitter account for posting footage of attacks on Gaza. A photograph of the al-Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest sites in...
So let’s say there are infinite parallel universes. Everything that could possibly exist does exist — just in some other dimension. It’s quantum physics; you don’t think too hard about it. You just think about how cool it would be to take a vacation...
The audio-only app Clubhouse is facing new accusations of antisemitism. Venture capital investor Michaela Hirsch tweeted out audio clips and descriptions of some of the antisemitism she’d heard in a room discussing Louis Farrakhan’s legacy.
Yahoo Answers is shutting down. Once upon a time, it was a juggernaut that pulled 31 million visitors a month and easily swatted away competition from the likes of Google and Amazon, both of which launched (and later scrapped) their own Q&A...
Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol Building by Trump supporters yesterday, social media users loyal to the president have attempted to distance themselves from the widely condemned events by claiming that many of the people who forced their...
This is the second instalment in our series No New Lies, where we explore how misinformation, disinformation and conspiracies from history can help us understand the politics of the present. This week, the story of 1948 presidential candidate Henry...