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‘The platforms got worse because we let them’: Cory Doctorow on his fight to save the internet from enshittification

The author and cyber-activist argues that the tech giants have ruined life online. The only thing that can save the virtual world now, he tells Zoë Corbyn, is its users

Tech

The Nerve newsletter | Go Greens! Toxic TikTok and our new Hotlist

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Bernard Manning rides again: how TikTok and Instagram are promoting racist “jokes” to teens

Social media algorithms boosting slurs have been propelling racist comments into users’ feeds. One platform has deleted the videos after being approached by The Nerve

Tech

Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

The writer and activist reports from the Green Party conference, where it was clear that the party's stance on issues beyond the environment are bringing the Greta Thunberg generation to them in droves

Politics

THE NERVE HOTLIST

The best culture to see and enjoy this week, chosen by our team of editors and writers

Culture

It's the Nerve's first weekend edition...

After a nail-biting and hugely successful launch week, we're wrung out but giddy with gratitude

Inside the church of Nigel Farageology

John Sweeney, award-winning investigative reporter and our Reform UK correspondent, previews his new series reporting on every county council controlled by the party - an organisation that, as its leader proudly claims, welcomes public scrutiny

Investigations

Review of the Week: The Smashing Machine

Film critic Ellen E Jones on Dwayne Johnson as real-life wrestler Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's elevated fight flick

Reviews

Americans, welcome to Britain and your strange new world

In the first of her monthly columns, our ‘cultural agony aunt’, psychotherapist and author Philippa Perry, on the challenges facing the growing numbers of US citizens moving to the UK

Philippa Perry