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The pathology of expecting social network websites to wave the ‘democracy flag’

One of the most basic principles and characteristics of the public sphere must be its independence both from the state and market forces. So why should Turkish people feel betrayed by Facebook?

By Güneş Tavmen

/ 21 Oct 2013

The dark side of Burma’s Facebook boom

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her political party the NLD and minority Muslims are being maliciously targeted through Facebook in Burma.

By Charlotte England

/ 21 Oct 2013

No more sources

Revelations by Edward Snowden, National Security Agency dissident, have grave implications for the role of journalists in the ‘Fourth Estate’ and the primary duty of source protection in the era of mass-surveillance.

By Paul Lashmar

/ 17 Oct 2013

Bliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next Door

The difficulties for transnational African students and the situation in Egypt are the subjects for this month's double comment. The author recommends Hugh Robert's essay on Egypt.

By Martin Rose

/ 16 Oct 2013

Tony Hall's speech didn't answer any of the real questions

The new BBC Director General gave a speech last week, in which he talked about "What Next?" - or, rather, he didn't really, says Lis Howell.

By Lis Howell

/ 16 Oct 2013

Women in journalism: not a trivial subject

The biggest newspapers in the United States, Britain and Europe still reserve pages of the most serious political and foreign policy analysis for older white men.

By Dawn Foster

/ 14 Oct 2013

A memo to Jim Naughtie on his return to Scotland

The broadcaster Jim Naughtie is returning to his native Scotland after working in England for decades in order to cover the independence referendum two days a week. Gerry Hassan has written him a memo outlining how the country has changed while he's been away.

By Gerry Hassan

/ 14 Oct 2013

Jailing of journalist exposes shortcomings of reforms in Morocco

If the goal of Moroccan officials is to silence Anouzla, their attempts have been fruitless thus far, as more and more activists and international organizations adopt his case and propagate the same articles Moroccans are trying to suppress.

By Hassan Masiky

/ 11 Oct 2013

Dumping on the world: e-waste 2.0

E-Waste is the new emerging pathology of the ecosystem, born during the current historic period of capitalist production.

By Giorgio Griziotti and Gianluca Giannelli

/ 9 Oct 2013

The new OurBeeb

Tony Hall, the new Director General of the BBC, has given a speech outlining his vision for the organisation he leads. Here, openDemocracy re-opens OurBeeb - a space to discuss all matters related to this vast British institution.

By Lis Howell

/ 9 Oct 2013

The data hackers: mining your information for Big Brother

Raytheon's latest product is a software package eerily named "Riot" that claims to be able to predict where individuals are likely to go next, and who he or she is likely to communicate with, using technology that mines data from social networks like Facebook, Foursquare, and Twitter.

By Tom Engelhardt and Pratap Chatterjee

/ 9 Oct 2013

A 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 Party leader, accused the Belgian-born academic of having "hated" the country he found refuge in and fought for. Martin Shaw offers both a personal and political take on the ensuing

By Martin Shaw

/ 6 Oct 2013