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Published in: digitaLibertiesThe link tax threatens the internet as we know itThe EU Commission's proposed copyright directive poses a threat to the internet's fundamental interconnectedness.
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Published in: ourBeebHow the BBC can create a better digital public sphereThe BBC’s remit is not just broadcast. It has the power to improve our experiences online, and to realise the...
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Published in: ourBeebA radical proposal to preserve the BBC’s independenceTo safeguard the BBC’s independence decisions over the Licence Fee should be taken away from politicians and handed...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBreak big media monopolies and help new journalism projects—pollAmid saturation media coverage of the coming UK general election, corporate control of big news organisations goes...
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Published in: HomeChina vs Facebook: intimate rivalsThe Chinese state and the United States company are engaged in an epic if undeclared contest over control and...
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Published in: HomeA very British Marxist - and his son
Britain's most vehement conservative newspaper, in the course of an assault on Ralph Miliband, father of the Labour...
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Published in: 50.50Spain: national television, government tool?
The Spanish government's determination to manipulate public television and treat viewers as idiots is backfiring....
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Published in: 50.50From Morsi to Sisi: the evolution of targeting journalists in Egypt
One of the only consistencies in Egypt, from the Mubarak era through to the SCAF period to Morsi’s rule to the...
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Published in: HomeRetake your privacy
The US can read your emails because you let them. Demand privacy – but take it back first.
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Published in: oDRDimon Don't CryThe Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, doesn't like his online nickname “Dimon,” but whatever we think of...
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Published in: oDRThe two worlds of Viktor Yanukovych’s UkraineUkraine’s President Yanukovych has completed his takeover of his country’s TV channels, and is making inroads into...
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Published in: oDRThe future of Russia's i-curtainHot on the heels of a new law establishing a register of forbidden sites, Russian authorities are now promoting a...
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Published in: 50.50Afghan Voice Radio: The frontline of a ‘new’ AfghanistanAll around the world, Afghan youth who have fled abroad are investing in online media and sports as vehicles for...
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Published in: oDRRadio Liberty making waves: have no lessons from the past been learnt?
The imminent withdrawal of Radio Liberty from medium wave broadcasting has dented the image of American public...
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Published in: oDRThe end of ‘Liberty’
In Soviet days foreign radio stations were a lifeline for people seeking another point of view. They continued...
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Published in: HomeWikiLeaks and network-era news
The WikiLeaks storm of 2010 seems to be spent. But as a symptom of what is happening to journalism the WikiLeaks...
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Published in: oDRRussian journalists: poor, venal… but (usually) honestJournalism in Russia has never been easy, but today the complications are many. If you write to order, you may be...
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Published in: HomeBarrack Hussein Obama … (1) Holds an Active Estonian Passport! (2) Covertly Dates Britney Spears! (3) Cheats at Lawn Croquet! … and Now, You Can Too!The tide of news swill from the US presidential race becomes weirder and more pervasive as falsehoods and media...
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Published in: HomeCinema, citizenship and the promise of the internet: a personal view from the Third World
Piracy is typically portrayed as the vice of only those who wish to steal media for the sake of self-indulgent...
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Published in: HomeLaw & Order, take two
The successful New York-set crime series Law & Order has generated numerous spin-offs, remakes and reworkings. A...
