I recently came across two tweets—or rather, thousands of tweets sharing the same two ideas over and over again. The first batch targeted elected officials and read: “SNAP has helped lift millions out ...

My Facebook newsfeed has become increasingly congested with people announcing that they've signed an online petition in favour of one issue or against another, and encouraging me to sign too. Often ...

Often derided, online activism is far more effective than it first appears – but there are big differences between how the political left and right deploy it to spread ideas. For some, it’s the ...

A war is being fought. Its battlefields are the pages of social networking sites across the globe, and its soldiers are armed with placards and computer cursors. This is the battle of traditional ...

A battle is raging for the soul of activism. It is a struggle between digital activists, who have adopted the logic of the marketplace, and those organisers who vehemently oppose the marketisation of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Gary Alexander’s new book eGaia examines how digital technology could be used to create much deeper changes in society. Author Gary Alexander thinks so. In the recently released second edition of his ...

Throughout history, there have been innovations and landmark protests that have changed the face of activism forever: the Stonewall riots, car caravans used as blockades and the recording option on ...

Politicians, in theory, are supposed to be responsive to public outcry. When faced with an avalanche of blast emails from angry constituents, therefore, legislators generally are moved to act. In ...

Campaigning community Avaaz got 750,000 people to sign up to an online petition to ban South Africa's lion bone trade. But how has it turned those clicks into action? A lion cub looks down the barrel ...