Tech, data and digital rights

I edit and sometimes write The People, a newsletter by campaign group People vs Big Tech and investigative journalists the Citizens.

I investigated a vaccine disinformation campaign on Facebook led by an American Christian right group.

I profiled Ugandan scientists creating an app that detects malaria infection.

I interviewed communities in Bethnal Green, London, about why health data privacy matters to them amidst the NHS data grab.

I revealed a huge ad spend on anti-Amber Heard Facebook ads by right-wing outlet The Daily Wire during her trail with Johnny Depp. The investigation went viral in the US and was featured by the likes of The New Yorker and The Atlantic.

Around the UK and French elections, I wrote about social media’s role in the rise of the far right.

I visited the AI lab in Ethiopia that helped make Sophia, the famous humanoid robot, and interviewed coders about the potential of AI to disrupt conventional models of international development. The story was republished by Quartz.

I interviewed the founder of a sexual health app in Uganda.