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Phoebe Braithwaite writes for WIRED UK. She was formerly a submissions editor at openDemocracy. She tweets at @phoebraithwaite.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesOur data doubles: how biometric surveillance ushers in new orders of controlThe use of biometric data brings the border within the body: algorithms' apparent objectivity and efficiency obscure...
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Published in: HomeCan platforms be repurposed for progressive ends?The dream, for platform cooperators, is to supersede these Silicon giants with cooperatively-owned-and-run labour...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesWaking up to the UK’s Investigatory Powers ActThe myth that ‘this is a liberal democracy, these things don’t happen here’ is shattered. And now we have created an...