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Alistair Fairweather

Alistair Fairweather

Why cancel culture will destroy itself

There’s a powerful force sweeping through societies around the world, driven by social media (particularly Twitter) and gathering momentum…

6 min readJan 9, 2020

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Alistair Fairweather

The certainty trap and the filter bubble

Let’s begin with some obvious truths. Men (particularly white men) are not, in any sense, oppressed or under threat. There is no “white…

5 min readFeb 4, 2018

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Code For Africa

Drones: a new frontier for journalism

The word “drone” has negative connotations for many people. Some think of deadly drone strikes by the US military, others of amateur snoops…

6 min readJul 8, 2016

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Drones: a new frontier for journalism

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Code For Africa

How African journalists helped crack the Panama Papers

The ongoing exposê of the Panama Papers is the most significant leak of compromising data since Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA…

5 min readMay 25, 2016

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How African journalists helped crack the Panama Papers

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Alistair Fairweather

The economics of League of Legends’ new feature

It’s no secret that the games industry is enormous and growing quickly. Most estimates put the industry at over $60 billion in 2015. So…

4 min readApr 8, 2016

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Alistair Fairweather

WhatsApp encryption — what does it mean for you?

Yesterday WhatsApp flipped a switch and gave over a billion users end-to-end encryption for all their messages — text, images, voice and…

4 min readApr 6, 2016

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Alistair Fairweather

Unicorns are on the endangered list

What a difference two years can make. The herd of private technology startups worth over $1 billion — dubbed “unicorns” — is looking…

3 min readApr 6, 2016

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I. M. H. O.

Glenn Greenwald vs Newsnight

When did the BBC become the lackeys of the security state?

4 min readOct 4, 2013

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Glenn Greenwald vs Newsnight

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Alistair Fairweather

Alistair Fairweather

I’m the founder of PlainSpeak, an African consultancy focusing on the intersection between media, technology and business.

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