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Published in: HomeSurveillance after Paris
There’s little evidence that “mass surveillance” catches potential terrorists, but it does risk catching innocents....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Letter from Paris: which side will prevail?
The state of emergency is being used to harass ecological activists and to block demonstrations denouncing the...
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Published in: HomeISIS's plan, and the west's trap
The pattern of conflict since 2001 teaches a lesson that western states refuse to learn.
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Published in: HomePlaying with people’s emotions
'Every time the western media decides what to air, and who to call a terrorist, they generate a lot of debate in our...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mourning Paris, Beirut and Kabul
Most western commentators describe ‘the events’ in Paris as entirely different, an attack on our way of life. Which...
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Published in: HomeMaking whistleblowing safe: a view from the Philippines
New technologies that help human rights defenders are coming to developing countries, but those who blow the whistle...
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Published in: HomeThe vicious cycle of pitiless violence
ISIS fighters must be held to account as criminals, not conventional military adversaries, for their violent crimes....
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Published in: HomeAfter Paris, be careful what you ask for: an interview with Thomas Drake
NSA whistleblower Drake wanted to defend the US constitution. So they prosecuted him under the Espionage Act.
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Published in: HomeWe could have stopped the Paris attacks
William Binney and Kirk Wiebe worked at the NSA for decades, before blowing the whistle on mass surveillance. They...
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Published in: HomeThe hard dilemma: counterterrorism and/or shallow freedom
How do we limit the freedom of individual terrorists, terrorist groups and support networks to operate unimpeded in...
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Published in: HomeViolence comes home: an interview with Arun Kundnani
ISIS’s recruits are not corrupted by ideology but by the end of ideology. More radicalisation, in the genuine sense...
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Published in: HomeCorporate reputation is a pressure point in the fight for digital human rights
"Make it right, make it fair or we will leave." This threat is nothing short of an internet giant's worst nightmare.
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Published in: HomeWorld Forum for Democracy Day 3, storified
Twitter coverage of the WFD 2015 on "Freedom vs Control: For a Democratic Response", Strasbourg, 18-20 November...
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Published in: HomeWe need more, not less democracy
I hope you'll join me in installing free software for freedom, fighting against mass surveillance, and refusing to...
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Published in: HomeIf ISIS uses chemical weapons, the west will be partly responsible
How can the international community respond effectively and promptly to this growing threat, not just to the Middle...
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Published in: HomeWorld Forum for Democracy Day 2, storified
Twitter coverage of the WFD 2015 on "Freedom vs Control: For a Democratic Response", Strasbourg, 18-20 November...
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Published in: HomeWorld Forum for Democracy Day 1, storified
Twitter coverage of the WFD 2015 on "Freedom vs Control: For a Democratic Response", Strasbourg, 18-20 November 2015.
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Published in: HomeThe attack on Kunduz Trauma Centre
MSF is appealing to the world for help. A petition to urge President Obama to consent to a full investigation has...
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Published in: HomeCybersecurity is the new battleground for human rights
Cybersecurity is now conflated with ‘national security’, with no consideration of what a ‘secure’ internet means for...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesLegislate in haste, repent in leisure
The Paris attacks have prompted (predictable) calls for the UK's new snoopers' charter to be rushed through. This...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job