It’s official: Brexit campaign broke the law — with social media’s help

The UK’s Electoral Commission has published the results of a near nine-month-long investigation into Brexit referendum spending and has found that the official Vote Leave campaign broke the law by breaching election campaign spending limits. Vote Leave broke the law including by channeling money to […]

Mention Me, the referral marketing platform, raises $7M led by Eight Roads Ventures

Mention Me, the London-headquartered referral marketing platform, has raised $7 million in further funding. The round is led by Eight Roads Ventures and is the first time the five and a half year old company has raised venture capital, having only ever done a small […]

Facebook accused of shielding far-right activists who broke its rules

Facebook pages are normally deleted if they contain more than five posts that violate the sites rules. But Channel 4’s undercover report discovered that popular pages are protected from those rules by a second tier of moderation called a “shielded review.” In such cases, Facebook […]