Opinion

Creating Safe Spaces or Tone Policing?
How and when to moderate social media comments in a democratic campaign Do platforms like Facebook and Twitter foster freedom of speech or inflame hatred,

Facebook Business Manager: The Lobby with Concierge Access to your Facebook Digital Properties
You may have heard the term ‘digital properties’. Let’s pretend that your Facebook Pages and Ad Accounts are literally rooms within a big property, like

Digital activism as a disruption to political and media hegemony in Serbia
As part of a series of ‘Views from Belgrade’, ODV Digital shares a local perspective on the opportunities and challenges facing campaigners in Serbia ————————————

Lessons in leadership and humility from Jacinda Ardern
We were heartbroken last week when NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern resigned, citing burn out. Not least because it means many of our ODV Digital

Challenging the Short-Form Orthodoxy
Every Social Media Marketer – ODV Digital included – has spent the last decade telling our clients their content has to be short form. Tweet-length

Organising and Mobilising Progressive Voters in Europe
On Monday 22 May, the European Centre for Digital Action gathered together in Brussels representatives from political parties, democracy activists and campaign practitioners to discuss

Lessons from Repeal, 5 Years On
5 years ago today, the people of Ireland voted to Repeal the 8th Amendment to the constitution, and to grant women access to abortion and