The SKWAWKBOX runs ad-free – even paying its hosts a premium to remove any host-driven advertising from its pages – and will continue to be available free of charge, for […]
As the SKWAWKBOX has covered, over the last year and more the established social media channels have been making more and more changes to restrict the visibility of alternative news […]
The SKWAWKBOX continues to have a substantial impact on the UK’s political narrative and on the information available to the left and the wider public – in many cases bringing […]
Ten independent media – primarily ‘new left media’ (NLM) – outlets have joined forces to help combat technical changes imposed by Facebook that reduce the visibility of independent media to […]
Haringey Council’s HDV – a planned project to transfer ownership of thousands of council houses for ‘gentrification’ and turf out the people living in them – has been hugely contentious […]
The blog’s last impact report laid out a number of ways in which the SKWAWKBOX had a major impact on the news and political narrative in the UK – most notably […]
Facebook’s recent changes to its algorithms affecting how news will – or more accurately won’t – be displayed in users’ feeds are widely expected to have a restrictive impact on […]
The SKWAWKBOX had a long and traumatic conversation this evening with a businesswoman based near Grenfell Tower who has friends and employees affected by the terrible fire and has been […]
As a last push for the General Election, the SKWAWKBOX has paid for a series of sponsored ‘boosts’ of key articles on Facebook (the source of 75-90% of this blog’s […]
Reports are reaching the SKWAWKBOX about undemocratic – and indeed anti-democratic – measures being taken against pro-Corbyn members that are deeply worrying. A disclosure made, out of desperation, on Facebook […]