Hussein Kesvani is a journalist who writes on digital culture and politics. He co-hosts Human Error on BBC Sounds
April 2024
Full Story
What is Reddit really worth? – Full Story podcast
Today in Focus
What is Reddit really worth?
March 2024
First it was Facebook, then Twitter. Is Reddit about to become rubbish too?
Hussein Kesvani
Reddit’s IPO is worrying for users – big money has a nasty habit of ruining our favourite sites, says digital culture journalist Hussein Kesvani
March 2022
TechScape newsletter
TechScape: want to ‘be your own boss’ online? Here’s why it’s not so simple
In this week’s newsletter: the ‘Creator Economy’ is billed as a way for artists to directly monetise their work – but in reality it simply puts more power in the hands of big tech
December 2021
The person who got me through 2021
The person who got me through 2021: LayedBakDFR captured the perfect joy of discovering a great song
I was shaken out of my musical apathy by the rapper, whose video channel shows him listening to others’ tracks for the first time
September 2021
Now Andrew Neil has left GB News, I’m selflessly volunteering to replace him
Hussein Kesvani
Neil was an analogue artefact struggling to break through in an online world, says digital culture journalist Hussein Kesvani
July 2021
Abolishing online anonymity won’t tackle the underlying problems of racist abuse
Hussein Kesvani
Both mandatory ID verification and ending anonymity raise their own problems, says author Hussein Kesvani
January 2021
There’s a darker side to English businesses citing Magna Carta to defy lockdown
Hussein Kesvani
Shops using the charter may seem funny – until you look at the online culture behind it, says Hussein Kesvani, author of Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims
May 2019
The long read
What happened when I met my Islamophobic troll
The long read: In 2017, I started getting regular messages from an anonymous Twitter user telling me my religion was ‘evil’. Eventually I responded – and he agreed to meet face to face
March 2017
May’s EU security threats won’t work. But they are still destructive
Hussein Kesvani
The aggressive tone of the article 50 letter shows the UK has not yet realised the weakness of its position in the Brexit negotiations
August 2013
Food bank inquiries soar as further working class families slide into poverty
Millions find it harder to put food on the table as low wages, welfare cuts and high cost of living take their toll
