Julie Burchill abused me for being Muslim – yet she was cast as the victim The columnist has apologised for her Islamophobic insults, but the issue goes way beyond her, says Ash Sarkar, a senior editor at Novara Media
The Columnist review – middle class writer on a murder spree There is absurdist carnage as a journalist takes bloody real-life revenge on the keyboard warriors tormenting her
‘Talk to me’: Molly Jong-Fast on podcasting in the new abnormal Trump has gone and so for now has Rick Wilson, but Covid is still with us and the Daily Beast pod is as hard-hitting as ever
Ted K review – queasy inner life of the monkish, unhappy Unabomber Sharlto Copley excels behind a straggly beard in this portrait of the serial terror-bomber, on a mission against modern technology
New Cue the music: former Q editors join newsletter publishing boom After the Bauer Media music title’s pandemic-triggered demise last July, Q’s former staff are launching a weekly direct-to-inbox publication
Charities condemn Facebook for ‘attack on democracy’ in Australia Campaign groups say blocking access to reliable news sources leaves a void to be filled by misinformation and hate speech
The Kiosk review – fond farewell to a Parisian newsstand The decline of print could close a newspaper kiosk that’s been run for generations, and is warmly sketched in this witty film
Microsoft urges US and EU to follow Australian digital news code Firm stood against Facebook and Google over plan to make tech giants pay news organisations
Digested week: falling ice, and other perils of New York’s high life This week, while most New Yorkers feared death by icefall, others had more rarefied concerns
Von der Leyen: big tech firms need to be reined in despite Trump’s exit Internet giants that spread hate speech and conspiracy theories should face ‘democratic limits’, says European commission president
When film stars attack: Russell Crowe’s reaction to criticism could set a trend The actor’s unexpected response to a complaint about an 18-year-old film could pave the way for big-name actors to personally insult Twitter users
Wikipedia at 20: last gasp of an internet vision, or a beacon to a better future? The naysayers said the user-written encyclopedia would never work. Now it boasts 55m articles and 1.7bn visitors a month
Most of us are sticking to the lockdown rules, so why do we blame one another? Fixating on the actions of a handful of ‘covidiots’ will only undermine compliance among the population as a whole, says psychologist Stephen Reicher
Control shift: why newspaper hacks are switching to Substack An online platform where journalists sell content directly to subscribers is luring eminent voices away from traditional media
Johnny Depp ‘did not get fair trial’, lawyers tell appeal court Judge dismissed Depp’s libel claim last month but actor seeks new trial over assault allegations