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WikiHunt and the (in)visible handshake

Published on: 20 February 2011

Written by: Michael Birnack All articles by Michael Birnack

Written by: Niva Elkin-Koren All articles by Niva Elkin-Koren

The second wave of anti-WikiLeaks measures has recruited the private sector in a manner that calls for an urgent...

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In a world where education is a commodity, why not subcontract your PhD?

Published on: 19 February 2011

Written by: Samir Jeraj All articles by Samir Jeraj

Written by: Heather McRobie All articles by Heather McRobie

In trading off plagiarism, essay-writing companies undermine basic goods in education, beginning with critical,...

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Did the Internet matter in Tunisia and Egypt?

Published on: 18 February 2011

Written by: Nabila Ramdani All articles by Nabila Ramdani

Written by: Tony Curzon Price All articles by Tony Curzon Price

An audio interview in which Nabila Ramdani describes the role of the social networks in the Tunisian and Egyptian...

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"What has Wikileaks ever taught us?" ... Read on ...

Published on: 17 February 2011

Written by: Ryan Gallagher All articles by Ryan Gallagher

How often have we been told in world-weary tones that Wikileaks has revealed nothing new - especially by those who...

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We need a strong privacy theory: a response to Stephen Taylor

Published on: 13 February 2011

Written by: Michael Birnhack All articles by Michael Birnhack

Michael Birnhack responds to Stephen Taylor's notes towards a theory of privacy. He agrees that we desperately need...

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Have the UK's ID cards really played their last hand?

Published on: 11 February 2011

Written by: Andrew Watson All articles by Andrew Watson

The ID card scheme has officially ended. Celebrations are in order, but we mustn't get complacent. A brief glance at...

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Facebook: virtual impact on reality in the Middle East

Published on: 9 February 2011

Written by: Karim Khashaba All articles by Karim Khashaba

Beyond the analysis of how Facebook, Twitter and other social media are rapidly bringing about political change in...

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KEIN

Published on: 8 February 2011

Written by: Florian Schneider All articles by Florian Schneider

Have we had enough of all sorts of fabricated fiction that reduce and limit complex realities towards more or less...

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Privacy is power, as it allows us to be hypocrites

Published on: 8 February 2011

Written by: Stephen Taylor All articles by Stephen Taylor

There is no widely accepted theory of what privacy is and what role it plays in our society. It can be usefully...

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The people’s web: Russia’s citizen bloggers

Published on: 8 February 2011

Written by: Oliver Carroll All articles by Oliver Carroll

Written by: Alexey Sidorenko All articles by Alexey Sidorenko

After a decade in the wilderness, Russian civil society is finding a powerful voice online. Alexey Sidorenko and...

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Scotland's secret files: A two-part expose of the Scottish database state

Published on: 7 February 2011

Written by: Kenneth Roy All articles by Kenneth Roy

In this pair of articles, Kenneth Roy of the Scottish Review exposes the extent of the Scottish database state: the...

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Wake up NetrootsUK! Demand access to the web as a human right

Published on: 24 January 2011

Written by: Niki Seth-Smith All articles by Niki Seth-Smith

As the web offers the possibility of direct, deliberative democracy, the UK activists involved in internet...

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A secret grand jury against Assange is not "change we can believe in"

Published on: 11 January 2011

Written by: Ryan Gallagher All articles by Ryan Gallagher

Wikileaks and the treatment of Bradley Manning have again revealed the gulf between Obama's idealistic rhetoric and...

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From online to offline: lessons from Netroots UK

Published on: 10 January 2011

Written by: Helen Lambert All articles by Helen Lambert

An in-depth break-down of several events at the conference for online activists, Netroots UK. Includes commentary on...

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A press fit for the purpose?

Published on: 7 January 2011

Written by: Judith Vidal-Hall All articles by Judith Vidal-Hall

Despite the Internet's growing significance as vehicle of freedom of expression, public service broadcasting and the...

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Denis Dutton and Arts and Letters Daily: the authority of the aggregator and the shift in power from information to meaning

Published on: 1 January 2011

Written by: Tony Curzon Price All articles by Tony Curzon Price

Denis Dutton, founder and editor of Arts and Letters Daily, has died. His daily selection of reading material was a...

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The Murdoch debate: What next?

Published on: 21 December 2010

Written by: David Elstein All articles by David Elstein

The EU is expected to clear NewsCorp's bid to acquire all of BSkyB this week. David Elstein gives his account of an...

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Au revoir, Iain Dale

Published on: 14 December 2010

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

Britain's leading Conservative blogger has called it a day and moved on to be a publisher and broadcaster, leaving...

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If you rule by code you will fall by code: the philosophy of Wikileaks

Published on: 14 December 2010

Written by: Luis de Miranda All articles by Luis de Miranda

Diplomatic protocols and Internet protocols share rules but differ in their purpose. When the hacker ethic is...

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Berlusconi’s politics of an eternal present

Published on: 12 December 2010

Written by: Emanuele Toscano All articles by Emanuele Toscano

Berlusconi dictates an idea of the eternal present based upon a model of eternal youth and embodied in the...

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