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Published in: HomeFixing digital democracy? The future of data-driven political campaigningDo we know enough to regulate the private vendors central to every stage of an election campaign? We need to if we...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesDigital parties on the rise: a mass politics for the era of platformsThe old party system appears in serious distress, faced with challengers using digital technology as a means to...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesIs the internet to blame for the rise of authoritarianism?Three perspectives on whether the internet is having a damaging impact on democracy.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesMental health and artificial intelligence: losing your voiceWhile we still can, let us ask, "Will AI exacerbate discrimination?" as the productive forces of mental health are...
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Published in: Home“Same story, different soil”: the Deathscapes Project gets under wayHawk Newsome: “It’s the same story, different soil... from Long Bay to the USA. In Sydney, his name is David Dungay....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMark Zuckerberg’s dilemma – what to do with the monster he has created?Facebook seems surprised that its monopolistic platform has been weaponised by political actors. So who's going to...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesThe politics of artificial intelligence: an interview with Louise AmooreArtificial intelligence, in settings as diverse as politics, commerce, policing and warfare, amplifies longstanding...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU call it copyright, but it is massive Internet censorship and must be stoppedWe citizens battling for civil rights on the Internet will meet our obligation and fight the good fight. We’ll stop...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?Facebook and Google are modern utilities - and natural monopolies - so they need a utility regulator.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsOur governments share responsibility for the Cambridge Analytica crisis… and here’s how they should fix itGovernment must regulate before privatised military propaganda firms interfere with any more elections
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRussia, the internet and "political technologists" - is this the future of democracy?As more revelations emerge about Russian interference in Western democracies, Nick Inman reviews a BBC broadcast...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesTechlash: why Facebook’s approach to #FakeNews ultimately failsZuckerberg needs to take a step back and allow institutions to flourish. There are only bigger waves looming ahead.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesDo you agree?: What #MeToo can teach us about digital consentThe conversation around sexual consent could radically change the way we think of consent online.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesFacebook and journalism. Part twoFacebook has fundamentally changed the news ecosystem and has, in fact, jeopardised press freedom and plurality –...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesIn the era of artificial intelligence: safeguarding human rightsToday, it is all too easy for governments to permanently watch you and restrict the right to privacy, freedom of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU is killing our democratic spaces using copyright as a Trojan horseDiEM25’s position on Copyright Reform: democratize technology instead of allowing it to be used as a giant...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesCIA whistleblower: ''No regrets. I would do it all again''Whistleblower John Kiriakou explains why he and fellow-whistlebower Thomas Drake are committed to alerting their...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAs Cambridge Analytica and SCL Elections shut down, SCL Group's defence work needs real scrutinyWe can’t understand the significance of Cambridge Analytica without looking at the network it sits in, and how...
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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: digitaLibertiesDoing anti-surveillance activism differentlyRecent campaigns waged in two Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries provide some interesting...