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You looked? You’re hooked: Retargeting, FOMO appeals and young people | Ivan De Battista

When FOMO-driven retargeted advertisements influence children’s attitudes, they often pressure parents to make purchases

Barbarism and democracy

John Baldacchino

If we want justice for Daphne, we need to begin to recognise that what murdered her is still manifest in the indifference by those who continue to deny the paralysis by which...

Raphael Vassallo

Clearly, then, this very much is a ‘pan-European problem’... as Italy, Malta and other southern states have been howling for years

Clearly, then, this very much is a ‘pan-European...

Josanne Cassar

Would you want to go on vacation to a place which is overcrowded, over-developed and polluted, and getting from one place to the other is the stuff of...

Would you want to go on vacation to a place which is...

Michael Briguglio

We are determined not to let this daylight robbery continue. The Nationalist Party is ready to take legal action to ensure that people are not robbed. We are...

We are determined not to let this daylight robbery...

The Conversation

In a country with growing unemployment and political unrest, Salah is an icon and a role model – he embodies the ideal of a young person who...

In a country with growing unemployment and political...

Michael Falzon

This Matteo is a different kettle of fish and political observers think that Malta is in for a long hot summer, spending days of bickering with Italy about...

This Matteo is a different kettle of fish and political...

Josanne Cassar

As a nation I think many have this real need to look up to a political leader in the same way that they hero-worship their favourite footballer

As a nation I think many have this real need to look up to...

Saviour Balzan

I am informed that the legal representatives of a business concern in the locality passed on a message to the Archbishop on the matter well before the story...

I am informed that the legal representatives of a business...

Raphael Vassallo

While Malta may really be small and insignificant in the bigger European picture... we’re not entirely ‘powerless’, you know

While Malta may really be small and insignificant in the...

Emma is better off out of the toxic atmosphere of ‘Amici’

Josanne Cassar

Time will tell if Emma Muscat makes it big. As for Amici... with...

Time will tell if Emma Muscat makes it big. As for...

Frank Psaila

Frank Psaila talks about Emma Muscat, double standards in the European Parliament, cheated consumers, and Italy's political crisis

Frank Psaila talks about Emma Muscat, double standards in...

When sweeping under the carpet just won’t do

Evarist Bartolo

We must make sure we’re there for our family, friends and those close to...

We must make sure we’re there for our family, friends...

[WATCH] Visiting MEPs, holy deals and Joseph Muscat's electoral supremacy

Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan shares his thoughts on the unorthodox meeting between visiting MEPs and magistrates probing the Egrant affair and Daphne Caruana Galizia's...

Saviour Balzan shares his thoughts on the unorthodox...

Saving bandsman Borg... but what about landlords’ rights?

Michael Falzon

Band clubs do serve a social purpose and bandsman Borg needs a place where to...

Band clubs do serve a social purpose and bandsman Borg...

Historical revisionism? Mintoff in a tie...

Raphael Vassallo

The Malta of my childhood was overshadowed by fear: the fear of Mintoff, which...

The Malta of my childhood was overshadowed by fear: the...

Understanding government’s remit on IVF and surrogacy | Maria Brown

Those who marry in Church for reasons of faith are also capable of reconciling...

Those who marry in Church for reasons of faith are also...

Two Maltese judges walk into a meeting to brief three MEPs...

Saviour Balzan

It’s no joke: it’s insulting that two members of the judiciary...

It’s no joke: it’s insulting that two members...

A whole lot of issues make one big issue

Josanne Cassar

Complacency is a dangerously seductive state of mind – after all, it is much easier to throw in the towel, kick back and let others get all worked up and...

Complacency is a dangerously seductive state of mind...

Matthew Bugeja

Rome’s problems have been decades in the making – but the proposed solutions are high-risk at a time in which Italy can ill afford them

Rome’s problems have been decades in the making...