News from Media Revolution HQ
- Finding The ‘Sweet Spot’ Between Investigation and Activism
At Media Revolution’s public ‘Disinformation and Democracy’ event at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London, two legends of investigative journalism shared their insights into the omnicrisis and their views on the way forward. Carole Cadwalladr is best known for exposing the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal of illegal data harvesting and election interference, and for… Read more: Finding The ‘Sweet Spot’ Between Investigation and Activism - Is this a tipping point for social media?
Deliberately and knowingly causing harm to children – as a business model. It’s not a good look for the social media giants Meta and Google, who are currently on trial in the US over claims that they intentionally created ‘addiction machines’ to maximise their profits – ignoring warnings about the risks to young people’s wellbeing.… Read more: Is this a tipping point for social media? - Birmingham Friends of The Earth (UK)
Friends of the Earth Birmingham UK joined Media Revolution in February 2026. From their website: “The Warehouse is Birmingham Friends of the Earth’s environmental community building which is a space for activism and a home to our campaigns activity, meeting space, the vegan Warehouse Cafe, Voce Books and Sprocket Cycles. We also have office spaces… Read more: Birmingham Friends of The Earth (UK) - National Emergency Briefing (UK)
On 27th November, ten of the UK’s leading experts in climate, health, food, national security and the economy briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media. The day ended with a call for the Government to deliver a prime-time, multi-channel televised national emergency briefing to… Read more: National Emergency Briefing (UK) - National Emergency Briefing Puts Media at the Centre of the Climate Crisis and Demands a National Emergency Broadcast
Media Revolution welcomes the ‘Letter to Sir Keir Starmer and Media Heads’ released at yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing in Westminster. The briefing was attended by over 1,200 people including around 150 Parliamentarians, senior civil servants, business leaders, faith voices, cultural and sport figures, community leaders and over 80 MPs where a call for an emergency… Read more: National Emergency Briefing Puts Media at the Centre of the Climate Crisis and Demands a National Emergency Broadcast - UPDATE: 2 Weeks on from Media Liberation DayTwo weeks ago, we rattled the malignant media with an action-packed day. To start the day off, the Media Revolution Penguins hand-delivered a notice to Google and YouTube that we had ‘lit the Touch Paper’ on a media consumer union – letting them know that we see their fishy algorithms, their promotion of disinformation and… Read more: UPDATE: 2 Weeks on from Media Liberation Day
- Google & YouTube have Fishy Algorithms
Why are Google and YouTube scared of a hand-delivered letter?! Is it because they have fishy transparent algorithms? Because they don’t want people or penguins to realise they have the power to organise and demand better?! On #MediaLiberationDay – activists from #MediaRevolution visited YouTube and Google HQ to highlight they are harming media consumers by… Read more: Google & YouTube have Fishy Algorithms - Cover Story
PRESS RELEASE (for distribution) For Immediate ReleaseDate: 7 November 2025 Retail industry warns publishers as Media Revolution gathers pace London, UK – The retail trade press has issued a warning to publishers following the launch of Media Liberation Day, marking a shift in the balance of power between the public and the press. According to… Read more: Cover Story - #ByeByeMenticide
Happy Media Liberation Day! 🎉 (also known as Guy Fawkes Day!) We’re saying #ByeByeMenticide …and lighting the Touch Paper – a new media consumer union – incubated by Media Revolution. *Menticide is brainwashing. In this instance, billionaire media owner brainwashing. Enough is enough. We need to organise, unionise and change the media. Blow up this message! It’s… Read more: #ByeByeMenticide - Happy Media Liberation Day
Media Liberation Day is finally here, and the Media Revolution has begun. It’s time to celebrate support, achievements, actions and our continued commitment to collaborate, coordinate and remove the control of the billionaire owners corrupting our media system and build one that works in favour of people and planet! Change the Media – Change the… Read more: Happy Media Liberation Day - Why Penguins?
Penguins aren’t the most obvious symbol of resistance against media corruption – but they’ve become a powerful motif. The story of how this came about exemplifies the spirit and humour of protesters standing up against an authoritarian state. In May 2013 a wave of demonstrations, strikes and civil unrest flared up in Turkey, which all… Read more: Why Penguins? - A Media Revolution for Media Regulation
Access to information is a human right. Our lives depend on making informed decisions based upon facts and trusted data.But right now, we’re living in a total disinformation disaster. When considering media regulation law, there are huge variations depending on where you are in the world; another problem, considering the media system is a global… Read more: A Media Revolution for Media Regulation - Cover Story
Fancy tackling the billionaire disinformation system?! 🤑 🤑 🤑 Take part in #CoverStory on Media Liberation Day – 5th November to direct people to independent, well regulated media and socials with no ads, algorithms or billionaire owners. It’s time to divest our attention economy. It’s time to say #ByeByeMenticide Support this by sharing any of these posts on… Read more: Cover Story - A Media Revolution for Animals
In a world where billions of animals are bred simply to be killed, the media often treats compassion as a comedy or a crime. Vegan advocates are painted as “preachy” “militant” or “out of touch”, while the real brutality of factory farming is framed as unavoidable. But the global currents tell a different story —… Read more: A Media Revolution for Animals - Transition Network International
Transition Network international is the support organisation for the Transition Movement, a decentralised experimental network of changemakers all around the world, coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world towards a more just and regenerative one. “We truly don’t know if this will work, but what we are convinced of is this: if we wait for… Read more: Transition Network International - Absurd Intelligence – UK
“Absurd Intelligence is convening and catalysing an unrivalled network of world-class interdisciplinary experts, with the intention of driving much-needed Narrative and Movement Leadership. Our ambition is threefold: https://www.absurdintelligence.com - NewsCord
https://newscord.org Get comprehensive news coverage with AI-powered insights from multiple sources in one place Exposing the media and taking action.🔗👇 Stay ahead, download the app now. linktr.ee/newscord - A Media Revolution for Economics
A Media Revolution for Economics For too long, governments and corporations have worshipped growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the only route to prosperity, even as inequality soars and ecosystems collapse. Isn’t it time to abandon this outdated obsession and replace it with a vision fit for the 21st century? Economist Kate Raworth’s placard… Read more: A Media Revolution for Economics - New Internationalist
New Internationalist is an international publisher based in Oxford, England, owned by a multi-stakeholder co-operative and run day to day as a worker-run co-operative with a non-hierarchical structure. They are an example of how news can break free from the pattern of wealthy ownership. “Award-winning independent journalism since 1973. Bringing you the stories and voices… Read more: New Internationalist - INTRODUCING MENTICIDE
Doomscrolling addiction. The erosion of critical thinking. The decline of interconnectedness and community. A floundering inability for depth of thought needed for creative problem-solving. The proliferation of AI slop and deepfakes. The rise of confusing, divisive narratives. What if it was all connected? Not just the enshittification of everything. Something far more pervasive and pernicious:… Read more: INTRODUCING MENTICIDE