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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How data-mining companies are set to gain from the COVID-19 pandemicTheir business model, challenged by numerous activists and analysts, is likely to gain further public acceptance, to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Privacy, public health and the pandemicWhat we have to guard against is the diffusion of emergency logics across time and space, not the redefinition of...
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Published in: TransformationNeuroliberalism: welcome to government in the 21st centuryThe use of psychological techniques to shape human behaviour is increasingly common. Should we be worried?
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Published in: digitaLibertiesTrusting video in a fake news worldAs the threat of doctored videos grows, we need a technical solution.
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Published in: openJusticePrice and prejudice: automated decision-making and the UK government (podcast)We spoke to lawyer Cori Crider about why automated decision-making in government is a major challenge of our time.
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationPrice and prejudice: automated decision-making and the UK governmentThe use of automated decision-making in UK public services is on the rise. Do not be fooled by the cloak of...
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Published in: digitaLiberties: OpinionYour man in the public gallery – Julian Assange hearing, Day FourJames Lewis QC argued that Parliament had not included a bar on extradition for political offences in the 2003 Act,...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesyourData – helping you see data in actionyourData is openDemocracy’s project to bring more transparency to the web.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesOnline adverts know you too wellBehavioural Advertising 101: A brief introduction to the types of ads we encounter online — and what they know about us
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Published in: digitaLibertiesLand rights, bushfires and indigenous rights online"I believe indigenous peoples can teach us a lot about the power of resilience, alongside lessons on how to save...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesHow to fight online misinformation: beyond laws and algorithms, try vaccinationAn online game that puts the player in the shoes of a master manipulator strengthens people’s defences against fake...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionGet broadband done! How the UK can deliver a full fibre futureThe UK led the world in the privatisation of public services. By bringing digital infrastructure into democratic...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionIs “another internet possible”? Inside Labour’s digital infrastructure plansLabour’s proposals offer an invitation to radically rethink the role that digital infrastructures can play in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThreat to our digital rights revealed in US-UK trade talks leakLeaked records of US-UK trade negotiations suggest the US is targeting our digital rights – and the UK seems...
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Published in: Human Rights and the InternetPrivate equity firm procures .org from the Internet Society, or: How the public interest got sold-out (again)ISOC has sold off something that was not theirs to sell off in the first place; a domain run by a not-for-profit...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesDemand data transparency everywhereIntroducing yourData: An openDemocracy project to show your data to you when it is used
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAnother brick in the wall – can we save child rights from school surveillance?30 years ago the Berlin Wall fell, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was born. But British children’s...
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Published in: hriBRICS countries to build digital sovereigntyThe push towards digital sovereignty is frequently criticized as a Trojan horse for authoritarian measures. It's...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesBig Brother says ‘No’: surveillance and income management of asylum seekers through the UK ASPEN CardThe imposition of the ASPEN Card on those who are marginalised and unable to resist is no accident. It enables the...