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The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump on a smartphone in Washington, on January 9, 2021. Bloomberg

Can we stop tech giants from threatening freedom of expression?

Twitter fails to act consistently in enforcing its guidelines

CommentJanuary 12, 2021

David Powell

Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon attends First Minister's questions at the parliament in Holyrood on December 17, in Edinburgh. Getty

Thanks to Brexit, support for independence is growing among Scots

58 per cent of Scots support independence, up from 44 per cent last year

CommentDecember 20, 2020

David Powell

Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, in London. Raul Hackett / Reuters

Why the BBC has much more to lose than just funding

A deeper threat is its abandonment of impartiality in its news reporting, raising questions over whether it is fulfilling the role of being a public service broadcaster

CommentNovember 16, 2020

David Powell

FILE - Journalists attend a briefing by military officers in Saigon, in this 1963 file photo. At center, foreground, is Seymour Topping of the New York Times. Immediately behind him at right (no glasses) is Malcolm Browne of the Associated Press. Topping, among the most accomplished foreign correspondents of his generation for The Associated Press and the New York Times and later a top editor at the Times and administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, died on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in White Plains, N.Y. He was 99. Topping passed away “peacefully” at White Plains Hospital, his daughter Rebecca said in an emailed statement (AP Photo)

Why has the BBC banned its reporters from tweeting their views?

The BBC has ordered its own reporters to project a neutral image

CommentNovember 16, 2020

David Powell