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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCOVID-19 has exposed the UK's digital divide. It's time to invest in a full-fibre futureThe pandemic has underscored the need to make Internet access a 21st century human right.
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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: openDemocracyUKSecurity wins the day over privacy: High Court rules Snoopers’ Charter is not a breach of human rightsA worrying judgement suggests "safeguards" are enough to allow mass surveillance, even if they're not being adhered to.
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Published in: ourNHSEngland's NHS is embracing 'big data'. But who’s really benefiting?As the new NHS app launches this week, huge questions remain about what happens to our private health data - now a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOnce we searched Google, now Google searches usMark Kernan reviews Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Online harms’ to our digital democracy are still being largely ignored5 ways the digital revolution demands an update to outdated electoral laws.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia#Tech4Worse: The problem with digital labour initiatives for the Middle EastContrary to their marketing, digital labor schemes don’t work in spite of predicaments like the occupation or the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow communication technology became a tool of repression: the case of the UAEWith the help of international ‘cyber security dealers’, the internet has been transformed into a central component...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesHyper-security, video-surveillance and borders: an interview with Catarina FroisWhat types of democratic control of movement should we be fighting for?
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Published in: digitaLibertiesBeyond powerlessnessIf we want to escape from our situation of powerlessness and anxiety, we must re-examine our relationship to the...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesFacebook’s dominance deepensTwo recent Facebook initiatives, “Instant Articles” and “internet.org” are set to entrench the firm’s dominance. Is...
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Published in: digitaLiberties1984 revisitedAs a Lib Dem MP, I discovered just how close Britain is to Orwell's dystopian vision, where the state has incredible...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesIn new gods do we trust?Do you expect the machine to solve the problems? In this wide-ranging interview with the Director of the Open Rights...
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Published in: HomeDigital citizenship: from liberal privilege to democratic emancipationOn the anniversary of the Magna Carta, a call for a new debate on the conception of citizenship. Let’s seize the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Scope-creep in DenmarkIt takes vigilance to prevent the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen from exacting not only the lives of two innocent...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?PODCAST: Defending human rights in a digital ageA panel discussion chaired by Marianne Franklin at Goldsmiths opens up the many human rights implications for the...
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Published in: openSecurityMass surveillance: wrong in practice as well as principleThe paradox of mass state surveillance, as the answer to non-state violence, is that it can overlook the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Will the democratic debate over counterrorism gain the edge in battle?It is our role, as citizens, to scrutinise measures taken in the name of our security and ask, once and for all, for...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?How generalised suspicion destroys societyGeneralised suspicion is the ultimate destroyer of the social fabric: it thrives on betrayal, and fosters mutual...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Privacy, surveillance and the state-corporate symbiosisThe relationship between governments and private corporations is defined by symbiotic, complex interdependence. How...
