Technology Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/technology/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:20:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-RP-Sq-Logo-32x32.jpg Technology Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/technology/ 32 32 Algorithms vs the welfare state https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/technology/algorithms-vs-the-welfare-state/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47272 Concerns about misleading AI and influencer ‘content’ on health, welfare and civil rights miss a wider issue, argues Sophia McHardy. They fill a human-made gap that risks becoming an austerity-shaped chasm

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]]> Amazon and the cost of Christmas https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/corporations/amazon-and-the-cost-of-christmas/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=46994 Amazon’s Black Friday-January Sales consumerism juggernaut is uniting campaigners. Robbie Gillett charts the corporation’s varied crimes – and explains the necessary response

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]]> The Mechanic and the Luddite – review https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite-review/ Sun, 30 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=45173 Jathan Sadowski's book lays the groundwork for a more cohesive resistance against capitalist technology, writes Paula Lacey

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]]> What’s left online? Content vs clickbait https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/media/new-left-media-content-vs-clickbait/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:11:55 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44960 Media producers on the left must work both in and against the online content economy, argues Gerry Hart

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]]> Blurred Lines: A view from the comment section https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/media/blurred-lines-a-view-from-the-comment-section/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44855 From clickbait to culture wars, Rhian E. Jones laments the debasement of reader engagement in media comment sections – and its impact on journalism itself

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]]> Black box archive: preserving culture in the age of generative AI https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/technology/black-box-archive-preserving-culture-in-the-age-of-generative-ai/ Sun, 12 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44164 Will AI-generated content take over the internet? Florence Smith Nicholls explores automated threats to open access – and the caring work of preserving online cultures

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]]> Kenya’s youth-led revolution https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/africa/kenyas-youth-led-revolution/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:25:34 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44063 Rasna Warah reports on how young people in and beyond Kenya are using social media to challenge corrupt, old-school politicians

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]]> Behind the ‘Great Firewall of China’ https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/technology/behind-the-great-firewall-china/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:18:06 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44052 Jiannan Shi reports on China’s internet censorship – and the creative ways people are finding to sidestep it

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]]> Breaking up with my X https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/technology/breaking-up-with-my-x-twitter/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:11:43 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44050 Tom Whyman traces a personal journey with Elon Musk's social media platform: from a coming-of-age love story to Twittering off

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]]> Twitch and the online left https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/media/twitch-political-livestreaming-online-left/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:07:20 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44048 Political livestreaming shows news consumption has become a form of community participation in which political ideology is reinforced, argues Samuel Rafanell-Williams

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