Darren Loucaides
@darrenloucaides.bsky.social
Journalist on politics/tech for WIRED, the Guardian, Rolling Stone, Rest of World
University of East Anglia creative writing MA alumnus
Tips (not PR): darren.loucaides AT protonmail
University of East Anglia creative writing MA alumnus
Tips (not PR): darren.loucaides AT protonmail
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and Elon Musk are set to launch a $300m partnership via Grok that caps off a long tech bromance. My piece for the
@observeruk.bsky.social on Sunday
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Additional reporting
@gabrielthierry
@observeruk.bsky.social on Sunday
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Additional reporting
@gabrielthierry
June 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and Elon Musk are set to launch a $300m partnership via Grok that caps off a long tech bromance. My piece for the
@observeruk.bsky.social on Sunday
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Additional reporting
@gabrielthierry
@observeruk.bsky.social on Sunday
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Additional reporting
@gabrielthierry
Sets a worrying precedent. If the default is now to state the suspect is white to defuse misinformation, what will happen when their race cant be identified or they’re not white? Troublemakers will be able to fan flames even easier
May 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sets a worrying precedent. If the default is now to state the suspect is white to defuse misinformation, what will happen when their race cant be identified or they’re not white? Troublemakers will be able to fan flames even easier
Erm guess what the reply was
March 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Erm guess what the reply was
The case against Durov, the CEO of a huge mainstream platform, was unprecedented. And it came at a moment when his professed libertarian ideals & laissez-faire attitude to moderation seemed to be ascendant. The small size of Durov’s team had actually inspired Musk.. @kateconger.com @rmac.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The case against Durov, the CEO of a huge mainstream platform, was unprecedented. And it came at a moment when his professed libertarian ideals & laissez-faire attitude to moderation seemed to be ascendant. The small size of Durov’s team had actually inspired Musk.. @kateconger.com @rmac.bsky.social
Thanks to @gabrielthierry.bsky.social for additional reporting.
Also for the painstaking edits by @anthonylydgate.bsky.social @johngravois.bsky.social and WIRED's fact-checking team
And amazing art by @samgreenstudio.bsky.social
Also for the painstaking edits by @anthonylydgate.bsky.social @johngravois.bsky.social and WIRED's fact-checking team
And amazing art by @samgreenstudio.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Thanks to @gabrielthierry.bsky.social for additional reporting.
Also for the painstaking edits by @anthonylydgate.bsky.social @johngravois.bsky.social and WIRED's fact-checking team
And amazing art by @samgreenstudio.bsky.social
Also for the painstaking edits by @anthonylydgate.bsky.social @johngravois.bsky.social and WIRED's fact-checking team
And amazing art by @samgreenstudio.bsky.social
it happened - Reform ahead of Labour in YouGov poll
February 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
it happened - Reform ahead of Labour in YouGov poll
February 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
kinda rate the level of shamelessness here
January 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
kinda rate the level of shamelessness here
Reading how for reelection Obama's team learned from web gurus like Larry Page how to build a new kind of campaign for the mobile-digital era. And how Obama's style fit so well on platforms, phones.
And, like, historians are going to see Trump as the obv next step in that aren't they...
And, like, historians are going to see Trump as the obv next step in that aren't they...
January 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reading how for reelection Obama's team learned from web gurus like Larry Page how to build a new kind of campaign for the mobile-digital era. And how Obama's style fit so well on platforms, phones.
And, like, historians are going to see Trump as the obv next step in that aren't they...
And, like, historians are going to see Trump as the obv next step in that aren't they...
A reminder that Musk started posting about grooming gangs in August amid the UK riots. Now it's the no.1 news story roiling the entire media-political landscape. Why does he care about Britain?
January 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A reminder that Musk started posting about grooming gangs in August amid the UK riots. Now it's the no.1 news story roiling the entire media-political landscape. Why does he care about Britain?
My favourite books of 2024
January 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My favourite books of 2024
Discuss: the internet and AI are humanity’s terrifying (strangely beautiful?) id unleashed
January 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Discuss: the internet and AI are humanity’s terrifying (strangely beautiful?) id unleashed
...and later, in a BBC Panorama film about Telegram (less sweaty) /7
January 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
...and later, in a BBC Panorama film about Telegram (less sweaty) /7
...Durov's arrest saw me appear on BBC live trying to explain what Telegram is at 2am (all sweaty in a Spanish heatwave)... /6
January 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
...Durov's arrest saw me appear on BBC live trying to explain what Telegram is at 2am (all sweaty in a Spanish heatwave)... /6
December 23, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Last night I appeared in BBC Panorama's film about criminality and extremism on Telegram. You can watch the whole thing on BBC iPlayer now
December 17, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Last night I appeared in BBC Panorama's film about criminality and extremism on Telegram. You can watch the whole thing on BBC iPlayer now
The image I most associate with this app
December 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM
The image I most associate with this app
the other place is a broiling hellscape but at least it’s not ubiquitously dull and self-congratulatory or full of this stuff
November 29, 2024 at 1:54 PM
the other place is a broiling hellscape but at least it’s not ubiquitously dull and self-congratulatory or full of this stuff