Surveillance strikes at the heart of global digital communications and severely threatens human rights in the digital age. Leslie Harris, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology writes
Roman Dobrokhotov has some words of wisdom for Russia’s newest resident, Edward Snowden. Translated by John Crowfoot.
Дорогой Эд! Вчера я узнал о том, что тебе удалось все-таки получить в России временное убежище. Поздравляю тебя от лица всей прогрессивной мировой общественности. Теперь ты, наконец, в безопасности. Здесь, в России, никто и не подумает преследовать...
Do you have a right to take critics to court, asks Padraig Reidy
You may have heard: Russia just passed an “anti-gay propaganda” law. You may know: Russia is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. Ryan O’Hanlon of Pacific Standard magazine writes
The Slovak Bar Association has demanded an apology for a political cartoon depicting them as pigs, saying it is defamatory and dangerous. The cartoon shows a newly qualified lawyer receiving his diploma from another lawyer, both depicted as pigs,...
Online misogny is a complex problem with no single solution, says Padraig Reidy
States, and companies, collecting huge amounts of data on people and populations around the world. Is this a mass surveillance nightmare – the digital Stasi roaming free – or just big data and we should get over it? Kirsty Hughes writes
As the the Co-operative chain tells magazines such as Nuts and Zoo to clean up their act, Nichi Hodgson asks if women really benefit