In a time of heightened vulnerability, new media lends itself to the Arab diaspora, reconstructing ideals of exit, nationalism and things lost
Patriotic imagery and calls for ‘togetherness’ distract from grass-roots demands for systemic change
On the video-sharing app, laughter lubricates the wheels of the desperation train
In further news: ancient artefacts destroyed by jihadists resurrected; naked activists protest National Portrait Gallery’s links to BP
Belgian museums are protesting the social media platform’s inability to distinguish the Flemish master’s Baroque nudes from pornography
Photographer Dragana Jurisic says her account was deactivated after she uploaded an artwork depicting a partially naked woman
What sort of artist would Ai Weiwei have been without the Internet and its instruments of social media?
