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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Diagonal mass surveillance: Gulliver versus the LilliputiansMass surveillance does not follow the vertical logic of pure state surveillance as imagined by Orwell. Rather, it is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe prevention of journalismGovernments may use increasingly complex and sophisticated tools for censoring unhelpful information but the end...
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Published in: openSecuritySaving privacy from deformed democracyWith focus on the government's grip over surveillance, the public debate over privacy has ignored citizen-led data...
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Published in: openSecuritySurveillance: finding the culpritWe scrutinize the state for its Orwellian ambitions, but not the structures that render them feasible. Privacy...
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Published in: openSecurityBig democracy, big surveillance: India's surveillance state
In India, surveillance is on the rise by the state to tackle crime and terrorism, and private companies are eager to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDon't Spy On Us - The day we fight back
A global day of action under the banner Don't Spy On Us against mass surveillance takes place on Tuesday 11 February...
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s nightmarish adventures in censorship and surveillance on the internet
As the mayoral elections are around the corner, authoritarian surveillance and the censorship of political content...
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Published in: openSecuritySelling dictatorshipLiberal opinion has been outraged by the disclosures about US and UK electronic surveillance. Yet the most...
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Published in: openSecurityLocal surveillance since 2001The almost exclusive focus on the NSA obscures the degree to which surveillance has become integrated into almost...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom utopia to dystopia: technology, society and what we can do about itThe superficial post-war dream that technology would solve the world’s social problems has transformed into a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Snowden and state surveillance in SpainLike most Europeans, Spaniards were shocked by revelations of extensive US spying on European citizens. Yet, there...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The new German surveillance state - Merkel, Snowden and the Euro Hawk droneIn principle, Germany is a state committed to democracy and international peace. This is why three recent political...
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Published in: ourNHSYour medical data in their hands - concerns mount over new NHS IT projectWhat was once a simple data warehouse for producing statistical information on patient care is to be transformed...
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Published in: HomeThe road from web 1.984
We are realising that the 'free' services we use online carry huge hidden costs. A totally administered society is...
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Published in: HomeMistaking omniscience for omnipotence
Everyone assumes the value of an increasingly para-militarized, bureaucratized, heavily funded creature we continue...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Orwellian arithmetic of mass surveillance
The justifications for indiscriminant mass surveillance are becoming increasingly absurd. False calls to patriotism...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNot just 4 lulz: Anonymous vs mass surveillance
Anonymous yesterday organised a simultaneous protest around the world against the revelations of mass surveillance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe UK/US relationship is alive and well
The UK government continues to use the potential embarrassment of the White House as an argument against justice and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWill the US condemn UK's attempt to use 'Terrorism' laws to suppress journalism?The UK government has decided that journalism can be classed and pursued as "terrorism" in the courts. This is...
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Published in: openSecurityThe promise, and problems, of mobile phones in the developing world
In the rush to spread the information revolution, digital development agendas pose an increasing threat to privacy....