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Published in: oDRMightiest for the mightiest: “The Net Delusion”In “The Net Delusion”, Evgeny Morozov vents frustration at what he calls “cyber utopianism” in Western foreign...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWho decides what we access on the Internet?: Web blocking and its dangers
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDigital activism and the anti-cuts agenda
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Networked Society: OurKingdom joins the conversationThe world is only now waking up to the radically transformative potential of the network. Our ability to reflect and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBloggers are best at covering local cuts across the UK: so we're being banned
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as if the Future MattersDiane Coyle’s The Economics of Enough is an eerily calm introduction to the severity of our economic situation....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA social democracy of the people? A review of Fight Back!A review of Fight Back! A Reader on the Winter of Protest, published by OurKingdom on February 15 and free to...
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Published in: openEconomyNewsCorp BSkyB settlement says more about failures at Ofcom and BBC dominance than problems with Murdoch
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Published in: openEconomyUK regulator's Sky News deal will weaken media plurality
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Published in: HomeWilson, Trotsky, Assange: lessons from the history of diplomatic transparency
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Published in: HomeWikiHunt and the (in)visible handshake
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIn a world where education is a commodity, why not subcontract your PhD?
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Published in: HomeDid the Internet matter in Tunisia and Egypt?
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Published in: Home"What has Wikileaks ever taught us?" ... Read on ...
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