Dom Shaw is a writer and filmmaker. He won the 1982 Grierson Award for Best Documentary for co-directing the seminal post-punk documentary “Rough Cut & Ready Dubbed” and has written for the BBC and ITV. His first novel, “Eric is Awake” is on sale now. Follow him on @papadom2
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan we really be bothered to take back our privacy?Is the best we can do really to download countless programs merely to slow down those spying on us? This is not only...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe prevention of journalismGovernments may use increasingly complex and sophisticated tools for censoring unhelpful information but the end...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Orwellian arithmetic of mass surveillance
The justifications for indiscriminant mass surveillance are becoming increasingly absurd. False calls to patriotism...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhere to stand in the Fourth EstateAttacks on the Guardian's supposed hypocrisy conflates public scrutiny with gossip and entertainment.
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Published in: HomeThe power of the boycott
David Cameron has refused to heed calls for Britain to boycott the Winter Olympics in Russia because of the latter’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNSA & GCHQ - hand in glove. Are you really surprised?The level of surveillance across the US and the UK should not come as a shock to their citizens. To what extent is...