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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy bother about digital rights? An absence in the election campaignsDigital rights are too often reduced to questions of ‘security’. In their election manifestos none of the major...
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Published in: HomeNSA and the Stasi – a cautionary tale on mass surveillanceWhile the Stasi archive is overwhelming, today’s spies can gather far more information with a fraction of the effort.
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Published in: digitaLibertiesThe cost of silence: mass surveillance & self-censorshipThe true impact of mass surveillance on media freedom can be felt in the moments when writers hesitate to conduct...
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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: openDemocracyUKWhy Britain won’t talk about crucial elements of Jihadi John’s storyThe role of our security services in the actions of 'Jihadi John' needs grown up discussion – we must not forget the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Defending human rights in a digital age
Public Debate: Defending human rights in a digital age is being livestreamed from Goldsmiths media and...
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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: 50.50Report thy neighbour: policing Sisi’s Egypt
A regime bereft of legitimacy, save for its promise to guarantee national security, turns citizens into active...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Police cooperation: another angle on the surveillance debateMeet Bahar Kimyongür, a political activist arrested, detained, and released in three European countries on an...
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Published in: openSecurityBehind the rise of the private surveillance industry in Central AsiaMultinational companies–including two listed on the NASDAQ–have been quietly providing Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan...
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Published in: HomeDemocracy and terrorism: when definitions stifle free speechConcepts like democracy, the constitution, and freedom of speech are slogans that are only meaningful in so far as...
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Published in: openSecurityA war of new connections
The close links between American surveillance of Africa and military facilities in England are revealed by...
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Published in: HomeThe cost of digital silence in Turkey: 40 million euros
Turkey is known for attempts to control information contradicting official propaganda. However, a recent deal...
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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...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTorture, the UK's role, "I'm satisfied that our system is dealing with all of these issues"
A new Senate report lays bare US involvement in torture. As for Britain's collusion, well, you'll just have to take...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mass surveillance just doesn’t workIt is possible, desirable and respectful of human rights to conduct targeted surveillance on identified suspects...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Every call you dial’: Limiting the reach of mass surveillance
A new film, CITIZENFOUR, examines the extraordinary reach of today's surveillance culture and calls for a proper...
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Published in: HomeThe Snowden reboot
On working with Edward Snowden, and how he changed the way we view our world. Interview.
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Published in: Participation NowThe Quantified Self community, lifelogging and the making of “smart” publicsGary Wolf, co-founder, suggests that self-tracking and life-logging data may be about us, but they should also be...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Challenging the era of mass surveillanceProtecting our fundamental rights against the destructive effect of mass surveillance is an essential task that...
