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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-long project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability
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A teenager was hounded until she died by the 'ordinary women' of Tattle Life. A ban is long overdue.
The suicide of 16-year-old Princess Dickson came after incessant targeting on the anonymous influencer gossip forum. The commenters – mainly professional women – should be ashamed, writes Dr Jessica Taylor
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I confronted a tech boss about my sister’s suicide. I don’t know why I bothered
Aimee died at 21 after going on a notorious self-harm forum. But when I approached a tech CEO to talk about online safety at a Davos debate, I was threatened with removal, writes Adele Walton
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What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next
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Revealed: Palantir deals with UK state total at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
EXCLUSIVE Nerve investigation finds Trump ally Peter Thiel's surveillance firm has won at least 34 contracts, including management services for Britain's nuclear deterrent, with MPs warning of 'gaping vulnerability' as US president threatens Nato allies. By Carole Cadwalladr, Charlie Young and Max Colbert
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Cringe, actually. A young person's guide to how not to do politics on social media
In the absence of any youth-friendly policies, British politicians, led by Keir Starmer, are doubling down on online comms – and it isn’t working. Nerve editorial assistant Anandita Abraham analyses some cover-your-eyes examples
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‘He’s so unafraid’: how New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani aced his TikTok game
As New Yorkers went to vote, the unapologetically leftwing – and hugely popular – candidate was leading the polls. Mamdani's fearless, canny, often funny, social media posts played a key role in his campaign. Kat Tenbarge reports
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‘What will Jesus say?’ Tony Blair, Big Tech and the Israel connection
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel's government – including billionaire Larry Ellison – and an emerging rightwing media takeover of the global information space
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