Listening Post

Summary

Governments around the world are trying to solve one of the defining parenting challenges of the digital age: what to do about ... A fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds - but the information war intensifies. At the centre: the Strait of Hormuz, where ... Inside Israel, as the gap between rhetoric and reality widens, a promised quick victory over Iran has given way to a more perilous ... Ultraprocessed food is a major part of diets worldwide. These industrially formulated foods are often marketed as nutritious ... As Brazilians head into national elections, there's a familiar name on the ballot: Bolsonaro. Not former President Jair Bolsonaro. Once again, the Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of the latest escalation in the war between Iran, the United States and their allies. For decades, much of the United States media adopted Washington's framing of US conflicts in the Middle East. But the US-Israel ... The information front has been central to the Iranian government's war effort. For an external audience, there is an innovative ... A series of warnings from artificial intelligence (AI) industry insiders shows how the debate around AI drives extreme news cycles, ... Trump says it's a breakthrough. Israeli media call it a disaster. Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi unpack the battle to define the ... Iran is pushing its counternarrative abroad and tailoring its message for global audiences while accusing Western media of ... Discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) have quickly turned from the excited to the apocalyptic. Are warnings that AI could ... Four weeks into the war on Iran, the White House continues to confuse the public and the press with constant pivots and ... There is an exquisite and oft-quoted moment in an interview between BBC journalist Andrew Marr and Noam Chomsky in which ... For US politicians, travelling to Israel has become a rite of passage and almost always involves going on an Israeli ...