Post-ACTA,
decision-making has been adapted to avoid decision-moments. Of course,
individual grassroots campaigns are still hugely valuable. But we need
long-term advocacy.
These pieces of research indicate
a pattern of behavioural change that dampens dissent and resistance to
overbearing power, both of which are hallmarks of an active democratic
citizenry.
India, according to
the Facebook Director, would have been better off had it remained under British
rule. Coming from an American, it was a bit ironical.
How can you ask to judge the quality of a
system while you are also subjecting it to the most massive disinvestment in
the history of the Italian state?
This
independence is even more important in an age where surveillance of individuals
takes place on a mass scale, also benefiting from the potential in big data
use.
Showcasing the thinking and stories of people concerned with surveillance cultures.
Post-ACTA,
decision-making has been adapted to avoid decision-moments. Of course,
individual grassroots campaigns are still hugely valuable. But we need
long-term advocacy.
These pieces of research indicate
a pattern of behavioural change that dampens dissent and resistance to
overbearing power, both of which are hallmarks of an active democratic
citizenry.
India, according to
the Facebook Director, would have been better off had it remained under British
rule. Coming from an American, it was a bit ironical.
How can you ask to judge the quality of a
system while you are also subjecting it to the most massive disinvestment in
the history of the Italian state?
This
independence is even more important in an age where surveillance of individuals
takes place on a mass scale, also benefiting from the potential in big data
use.
A visitor to Minsk might conclude from its calm appearance that the
human rights situation had changed. But beneath the surface, the invisible threat
of surveillance keeps civil society in check.
David Bernet’s profoundly European film, Democracy, is that rare thing, a documentary about the complex system that is
democracy, and a triumphant democratic law-making process at that.
Human
rights should be considered proportionally in any governmental policy related
to the Internet, in a way which will hopefully spur the private sector to
follow.
The Internet organisation ICANN’s charismatic CEO,
Fadi Chehade has moved on. Did he achieve what he set out to do? Was it what we
needed him to do? And what about human rights?
Collection, categorisation, and experimentation on people’s
data are presented as legitimate because online advertising is funding the free
internet. But what about privacy, free expression, and autonomy?
Post-ACTA,
decision-making has been adapted to avoid decision-moments. Of course,
individual grassroots campaigns are still hugely valuable. But we need
long-term advocacy.
Like everyone else, human rights activists use
mobile phones, email and social networks to connect. Unlike most people, they
criticise states, challenging their actions. As such, they attract their attention.
In this wide-ranging
interview with human rights lawyer and former Privacy International head of
advocacy Carly Nyst, we discuss surveillance politics, radical thinking, and
human rights on the internet.
Participatory democracy has been hijacked by
business-led multistakeholderism, and 'presence and power' are replaced as
tokens of people's political involvement.
These pieces of research indicate
a pattern of behavioural change that dampens dissent and resistance to
overbearing power, both of which are hallmarks of an active democratic
citizenry.
The EU objective
of developing a cyber ‘soft’ power privileging defence, resilience and civil society, sharply
contrasts with national cybersecurity policies developed both inside and outside
Europe.
What
does it mean to be human in digital cultures? How has the ideal image of a life
in and for a community, which always constitutes the core of politics, changed?
St Andrews University and openDemocracy interviewed 25 activists, and surveyed more than a hundred, about the impacts of surveillance on activism in the UK. Here are our findings.
As
Luxembourg strives to mend its tarnished image with a 'Nation Branding' scheme,
a lawsuit against two whistleblowers and a journalist puts the small country
back into the international spotlight.
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) efforts, the government tells us, "address the root causes of extremism through community engagement". But could this globalising project have counter-productive consequences?
While the Law and
Justice party insists that local disputes are best settled at home, Polish
opposition and fearful individuals have been reaching out to international
forums for support.
How can we build a visual literacy that strengthens
the movement for human rights on the
internet? First, understand what we are involved in when we look.
India, according to
the Facebook Director, would have been better off had it remained under British
rule. Coming from an American, it was a bit ironical.
How can you ask to judge the quality of a
system while you are also subjecting it to the most massive disinvestment in
the history of the Italian state?
If we want
to escape from our situation of powerlessness and anxiety, we must re-examine our
relationship to the political, and strive to produce new types of political
practice. Français.
Angola´s long-standing president is worried about the lack of state mechanisms to control social media. By criminalizing the internet, he is determined to do something about it .EspañolPortuguês
The
British public will not accept a law that treats the Internet, the greatest
modern innovation for cultural, economic and social development, as something
that must be hacked, tracked, and mined.
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