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In a series of videos, Jon Ronson investigates attempts to control the internet
  • Jon Ronson's viral video: Thank God it's Tuesday

    Esc and Ctrl: In the last of the series, Jon Ronson confronts his worst nightmare by being made the subject of his own viral video

  • Finding Omer, the man accusing a free Gaza organisation of homophobia - video

    Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson tracks down Omer, a man who had appeared in a questionable YouTube video accusing a free Gaza organisation of not welcoming LGBT people on to a flotilla

  • Jon Ronson's Tuesday: the new Friday? - video

    Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson returns to Los Angeles to meet music producer Patrice Wilson again

  • Carers versus Atos's attempts to protect its image - video

    Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson investigates Atos, the company that vets disability benefit claimants on behalf of the government, which has gone to great lengths to control references to it online

  • Jon Ronson v 'Jon Ronson' spambot ... part two - video

    Esc & Ctri: Jon Ronson is at war – with a robot version of himself

  • Friday by Rebecca Black: its producer writes another song for Jon Ronson - video

    Patrice Wilson – whose Rebecca Black song and video attracted over 200m views on YouTube – writes another song for Jon Ronson

  • Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson v 'Jon Ronson' spambot - video

    Jon Ronson is at war – with a robot version of himself. Here he gives his reaction to the creation by an academic of a spambot called Jon Ronson

  • Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson investigates Twitter bots - video

    Jon Ronson's series about people trying to control the internet is back. This week he meets a web analyst who has been conducting an experiment with 'bots' on Twitter

  • Esc and Ctrl: Friday producer Patrice Wilson meets Jon Ronson - video episode five

    Producer Patrice Wilson, responsible for Friday, the Rebecca Black song and video that has attracted more than 200m views on YouTube, talks to Jon Ronson

  • Esc and Ctrl: communication services shut down during the Arab spring - video episode four

    In the fourth episode of Jon Ronson's series about people trying to control the internet, he turns his attention to the Arab spring

  • Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson in Tel Aviv - video episode three

    In the third episode of Jon Ronson's series about controlling the internet, he returns to his earlier investigation into online astroturfing

  • Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson investigates astroturfing - video episode two

    In the second part of this series about people controlling the internet, Jon Ronson returns to the theme of online astroturfing

  • Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson's stories about people trying to control the internet: video episode one

    Esc and Ctrl: In this first episode of Jon Ronson's new series, he looks at a YouTube video posted by a man who accuses a free Gaza organisation of homophobia. However, the film does not quite ring true and further investigation leads to a surprising discovery

  • Esc and Ctrl: Jon Ronson's new series about controlling the internet - video

    Jon Ronson: Is net freedom under attack? Introducing a new series about attempts to control the online world

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