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Published in: digitaLibertiesYour data makes the web personalOnline personalisation is where you see specific content based on your personal data. How bad can it be?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Four invisible enemies in the first pandemic of a “datafied society”COVID-19 lays bare the nuances of a society undergoing digital data transformation in nearly every field of human...
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Published in: digitaLiberties: OpinionWe can’t let tech companies use algorithms to police us after COVID-19The pandemic has demonstrated the risks of relying on algorithms to remove harmful content.
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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: Can Europe Make It?WhatsApp’s decision limiting the spread of viral messages – what it means for democracyThe title of WhatsApp’s official post explaining its decision, “Keeping WhatsApp Personal and Private,” could not...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The surveillance industry won’t save us from crisesTurning to the security industry isn’t the solution: it’s a symptom of the problem.
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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...