Print was democratising in enabling mass communication, but the transition from TV to the internet has made the public vulnerable to manipulation, says J Bradford DeLong

While eight people across the US who registered to use Ashley Madison are suing the cheating website after it was hacked. It has emerged female activity on the company’s web pages is virtually non-existent.

The tired old joke that "there are no girls on the internet" is laughed off nowadays - but it seems it might actually be true on Ashley Madison.