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Published in: HomeTurkey’s nightmarish adventures in censorship and surveillance on the internetAs the mayoral elections are around the corner, authoritarian surveillance and the censorship of political content...
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Published in: openSecuritySelling dictatorshipLiberal opinion has been outraged by the disclosures about US and UK electronic surveillance. Yet the most...
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Published in: openSecurityLocal surveillance since 2001The almost exclusive focus on the NSA obscures the degree to which surveillance has become integrated into almost...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom utopia to dystopia: technology, society and what we can do about itThe superficial post-war dream that technology would solve the world’s social problems has transformed into a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Snowden and state surveillance in SpainLike most Europeans, Spaniards were shocked by revelations of extensive US spying on European citizens. Yet, there...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The new German surveillance state - Merkel, Snowden and the Euro Hawk droneIn principle, Germany is a state committed to democracy and international peace. This is why three recent political...
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Published in: ourNHSYour medical data in their hands - concerns mount over new NHS IT projectWhat was once a simple data warehouse for producing statistical information on patient care is to be transformed...
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Published in: HomeThe road from web 1.984
We are realising that the 'free' services we use online carry huge hidden costs. A totally administered society is...
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Published in: HomeMistaking omniscience for omnipotence
Everyone assumes the value of an increasingly para-militarized, bureaucratized, heavily funded creature we continue...
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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: openDemocracyUKNot just 4 lulz: Anonymous vs mass surveillance
Anonymous yesterday organised a simultaneous protest around the world against the revelations of mass surveillance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe UK/US relationship is alive and well
The UK government continues to use the potential embarrassment of the White House as an argument against justice and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWill the US condemn UK's attempt to use 'Terrorism' laws to suppress journalism?The UK government has decided that journalism can be classed and pursued as "terrorism" in the courts. This is...
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Published in: openSecurityThe promise, and problems, of mobile phones in the developing world
In the rush to spread the information revolution, digital development agendas pose an increasing threat to privacy....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKKick starting a movement against mass surveillance
Next week will see a public meeting in London discussing what we can do about the rise of mass government...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Stronger oversight' of GCHQ - how?
A degree of surveillance is necessary, but key to its functioning in a democracy must be oversight and...
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Published in: HomeNo more sourcesRevelations by Edward Snowden, National Security Agency dissident, have grave implications for the role of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe 1840s privacy panic - lessons from historyState interception of postal correspondence marks the first major privacy scandal of modernity. The real question,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sweden's dirty little secretSwedish police authorities have secretly established illegal databases of Romani people in a program originally...
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Published in: HomeThe data hackers: mining your information for Big Brother
Raytheon's latest product is a software package eerily named "Riot" that claims to be able to predict where...