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Published in: openDemocracyUKSnowden one year on - a day of actionMass surveillance has to end, on June 7th we're having a day of action to consider how we can make that happen....
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Published in: openDemocracyUK365 Days of SnowdenWhat is being done around the world to mark the first anniversary of the Snowden leak.
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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: 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: 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: openDemocracyUKWhere to stand in the Fourth EstateAttacks on the Guardian's supposed hypocrisy conflates public scrutiny with gossip and entertainment.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn unholy mixture: surveillance, the law and a setback for journalismWe should not underestate the seriousness of the government's attacks on those seeking to expose its surveillance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDavid Miranda: terrorist or tourist?The debate roars on as Theresa May insists the detaining of our citizens is for our own protection, but how far and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNSA & GCHQ - hand in glove. Are you really surprised?The level of surveillance across the US and the UK should not come as a shock to their citizens. To what extent is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Snowden FalloutIn America, candidacy is reserved only for those who can afford it, betraying the essential democratic concept of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOrwell is drowning in data: the volume problemIn the Orwellian imagination, the fundamental flaw in state intrusion lay in overwhelming layers of bureaucracy. Dom...
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Published in: HomeDon't say 'I told you so'
Avoid the temptation to be smug about it: Snowden's leaks matter, and others will follow.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGlobal dissent and the UKIn a world where states have been able to disguise their intentions, Jeremy Fox examines the implications of...
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