Surveillance
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Watching Me Watching You – October 11th, 2017
New workplace surveillance technology tracking literally our blood, sweat and tears is upon us. Should your boss track your tone of voice,…
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The Age of the Internet, Surveillance and Profit
There is several interesting aspects to the development of the Internet. One of the most important ones to point out is…
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Safe Harbour
In 2000 the European Commission passed a set of principles proposed by the US Department of Commerce that provided adequate protection of…
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Digital Democracy – is it time to Quantify Politics ?
Fitbit for the Parliament? General Elections in UK in 2015 suffered from a relatively low turnout, attracting only 66% of eligible voters,…
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RUSI report – a box ticking exercise?
The recent Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) surveillance review, despite offering a few welcome recommendations, is far from ground-breaking. Comfortably falling between…
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Digital Citizenship: from liberal privilege to democratic emancipation
On the anniversary of the Magna Carta, Richard Barbrook calls for a new debate on the conception of citizenship. ‘Government founded… on…
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Lost Dreams of the American Future
Interstellar travel, nuclear fusion for everyone and thinking machines: The 1964 New York World’s Fair promised a new revolution of everyday life,…
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Summary- Surveillance: What Should be Done?
How do we take back the Internet for ourselves, as Edward Snowden wants us to? Tuesday, 25 March 2014, London. The video of…
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