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11 Feb 2016 5 minute read

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Will the ‘Internet of Things’ boost surveillance capabilities?

A new wave of smart appliances could soon be spying on your every move, warns Chris Spannos.

25 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Keystrokes in the West may mean a death sentence in Saudi Arabia

Chris Spannos on the dangers of going online in the land of Al Saud.

16 Dec 2015 5 minute read

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For their eyes only

Michaela Whitton considers unlawful surveillance and the crushing of dissent.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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In the eye of a Twitter storm

Steve Parry experiences Trolling and is still recovering.

1 Nov 2015 6 minute read

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The case against the future

Hal Niedzviecki considers the case against the future.

1 Nov 2015 7 minute read

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Is social media doing social harm?

Meredith L Patterson and Deanna Zandt go head to head.

26 Aug 2015 3 minute read

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Chaos computer camp challenges power and the zombie apocalypse

Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir reports from a hackers’ gathering where things are broken to be fixed and made better...

23 Jul 2015 3 minute read

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What the hack?

The recent Hacking Team leak illustrates the hypocrisy at the heart of the arms trade, writes Andrew Smith....

16 Jul 2015 2 minute read

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Using technology to challenge poverty

Global development goals should be framed around a new kind of justice, says Amber Meikle.

26 Jun 2015 5 minute read

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Mapping human rights from Colombia to Congo

Jen Wilton explains how geospatial mapping can help advance environmental and social justice.

24 Mar 2015 4 minute read

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Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman...

Hateful Twitter messages and death threats have had a profound effect on Kate Smurthwaite. But the comedian...

13 Feb 2015 5 minute read

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‘Thinking loudly’: blogging for Yemen

Human rights advocate Afrah Nasser talks to Lydia James about revolution, censorship and the...

1 Jan 2015 11 minute read

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Democracy in the digital era

Activist and Icelandic Pirate Party MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir on what we can do and the tools we can all use to...

1 Jan 2015 5 minute read

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More noise than signal

Micah L Sifry assesses the political limits of social media.

1 Jan 2015 4 minute read

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Dreams of freedom, dreams of domination

How the internet got colonized, by Jillian C York.

1 Jan 2015 2 minute read

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Tread softly in cyberspace

Dunja Mijatović makes the case for light-touch regulation.

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