James Frayne: The BBC’s growing problem isn’t public hostility. It’s apathy. Fewer people see the point of it.

The trust factor is simply less relevant, because fewer people are accessing the Corporation’s output in the first place.

Matt Kilcoyne: Giving Ofcom power over the internet will hurt the Conservatives

It will mean woke bureaucrats censoring Tory activists, undermining entrepreneurs, and threatening our free press. Time to drop it once and for all.

Hamish McFall: Downing Street would be misguided to rely on Social Media to get across its message

The Prime Minister’s Brexit night message should have been broadcast on BBC and ITN.

Iain Dale: Gulp – here’s my prediction for the election result

I’ve been nervous after last time – but here goes. Plus: Farage is having a dreadful campaign. And why election night TV will never be the same again.

Johnson bypasses the broadcasters to talk directly to voters

Last night’s policy announcement live on Facebook was a first experiment in new ways for the Government to communicate its message.

The Conservatives are targeting ads and gathering data. Good.

We must not repeat the mistakes of 2017 in trying to fatten the digital pig on market day.

Be cautious when a watchdog bites its rivals

Fleet Street, normally a justified sceptic of men from the ministry controlling what people publish, is an enthusiast of regulating social media giants.

WATCH: Wright on regulating social media firms – “I’m not asking their permission”

The Culture Secretary says he hopes to be talking directly to Mark Zuckerberg.

Effective web regulation will not be easy, and ministers must take the time to get it right

They should eschew the fire-and-forget approach which gave us the Electoral Commission.

Cheryl Gillan: Fake news. Dark ads. Foreign interference – and out-of-date rules. Why we need an overhaul of our electoral laws.

If we do not update the rules governing our elections and referendums, their credibility faces a perfect storm of threats.

Soutiam Goodarzi: The Conservative Party must up its game online – where its attacks on Labour aren’t working

Stop playing the Left’s game of taking offence and accusing people of -isms and -phobias. Instead, show some character and discuss real issues.

Here we go again – the Government is spending taxpayers’ money promoting its EU deal online

Cameron and Osborne spent £9 million promoting Remain in 2016. Now May appears to be pursuing the same tactic.

Dan Boucher: How to control Facebook’s use of our data

Social media providers should be required to present UK consumers with an ongoing, highly visible, simple, unavoidable choice over its use.

Clegg’s career choice reflects how the House of Lords has become diminished

Parliament is struggling to retain senior figures. New peers should be chosen on their ability to raise the calibre of debate.

How should our electoral law change to work in the digital age?

From ‘fake news’ to micro-targeting, crowd-funding to data rights, we explore the key areas of focus for an overdue review of the rules of our democracy.