As Martin Luther King Jr. gained national prominence, the FBI launched several investigations to prove that King and his radical allies were communist sympathizers and a danger to America.
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A digital ID will only work if people are allowed to keep control of their data.
Ottawa used the old War Measures Act when it wanted sweeping powers to deal with extraordinary events. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has mused about using the newer Emergencies Act during the pandemic.
China’s social credit system has been described as a ‘dystopian nightmare straight out of Black Mirror’ but many citizens think it will help fight fraud and bring about a better society.
Surveillance software that identifies people from CCTV is eroding human rights and democracy.
ParentsNext requires places like libraries and public pools to monitor parents’ attendance at activities. This undermines their role as spaces of inclusion and support.
Even governments in democracies with strong traditions of rule of law find themselves tempted to abuse these new abilities.
AI can help make government more efficient – but at what cost? Citizens’ lives could be better or worse, based on how the technology is used.
If left unchecked, invasions of privacy enabled by technology could put every human right at risk, and on a scale that would be truly terrifying.
Virtual private networks help citizens around the world evade state surveillance – how long until more governments take action?
This is not the first time Mexico’s government has been accused of spying on and harassing citizens whose activities it finds inconvenient.
What governments and companies think they know about us – whether or not it’s accurate – has real power over our actual lives.
As searches of smartphones and other digital devices at US borders become more common, can research and computer science help protect travelers’ privacy?
The public must prepare to stand up for a free press, and against online censorship and surveillance.
People who think like hackers have some really good ideas about how to protect digital privacy during turbulent times. We can learn from them.
The Snooper’s Charter has cleared parliament, but there might still be a way to stop the government collecting all our internet histories.
We don’t expect our own government to hack our email – but it’s happening, in secret, and if current court cases go badly, we may never know how often.
Hangzhou is hosting the G20 summit and China is anxious to present a positive picture of the country to the world, but the official attitude to non-compliant citizens isn’t helping.
What kind of society do our so-called “Western and networked democracies” count as normal if humans are constantly objectified, monitored and profiled?
Polls show Americans have become less trusting and more suspicious.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Law, University of Strathclyde
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Fellow for Cyber-security and Internet Governance, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Assistant Professor of Digital Communication, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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George Bemis Professor of Law and Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University
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Assistant Professor of Digital Methods and Critical Data Studies, Utrecht University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Political Science, University of Miami
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Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Law, University of Surrey
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Lecturer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media Law, University of East Anglia
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W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics; Director, National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism, Georgia State University
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Professor of Law, Wayne State University
