Writing
-
Is non-exclusive democracy possible?
On a hot summer day House of Commons was the place to be for the representatives of disabled voters and international voting…
Read More » -
The Harvest – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman
Originally published on pelicancrossing.net on July 14th, 2017 In 1957, the BBC’s flagship current affairs program, Panorama, broadcast a story about that…
Read More » -
Finding harm – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman
Originally posted on pelicancrossing.net on July 7th 2017 “Where’s the harm?” has long been a hugely difficult question to answer in privacy…
Read More » -
Who’s the boss? – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman
Originally published on pelicancrossing.net on June 30th 2017 Even for Google, €2.4 billion is a lot of money. It makes the £130…
Read More » -
Team Human – Douglas Rushkoff @ Virtual Futures Salon
In the latest, and probably one of the most exciting, installations of Virtual Futures Luke Robert Mason meets Douglas Rushkoff to discuss…
Read More » -
The ghost in the machine – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman
Originally published on the net.wars column on June 16th, 2017 Humans are a problem in decision-making. We have prejudices based on limited…
Read More » Multiple German Courts Rule Photos Of Public Domain Works Are Not In The Public Domain
Originally published on techdirt.com Back in November 2015, we wrote about a bad situation in Germany, where a museum in Mannheim was…
Read More »-
The bad guys are not constrained by the law. That’s why they’re bad guys.
Q&A: Internet extremism and how to combat it By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writer published on Sunday, 4 Jun 2017 DETROIT (AP) —…
Read More » -
Why Theresa May is wrong to weaken encryption
Conservative plans for Internet clampdown are a distraction Open Rights Group has responded to Theresa May’s post-election hints that she will continue…
Read More » -
The power of privacy – Net.Wars by Wendy Grossman
“It’s about power.” Because humans like to count in handfuls, this year’s Privacy Law Scholars, the tenth, kicked off with a panel…
Read More »