Internet yet again highlights depressing state of humanity
I’m sure that many of you will have read recently about the Official Gary Glitter twitter account. For those of you who haven’t a “social experiment” was conducted by a private individual who was unwilling to divulge his/her identity. The experiment consisted of this person opening a Twitter account in the name of Gary Glitter [...]
Internet censorship is about more than SOPA/PIPA
By Carl van Tonder Dear everyone, Thank you for your concern over SOPA/PIPA. I find your attitude towards online censorship puzzling, however. Friends in the UK, your internet is almost certainly *already being filtered*, thanks to the Internet Watch Foundation (mission statement: THINK OF THE CHILDREN). We have not passed anything like SOPA/PIPA (forgetting the [...]
On internet history and regulation
So, we learn that one of the big areas on which the US and the UK are supposed to still have a special relationship is that of ‘cyberspace’. Or rather, I learned that from my brother Adam, who suggested that I write a piece on it. I ought to be embarrassed to admit that. After all, knowing about ‘cyber’ stuff [...]
On Scotland’s People…
This article is cross-posted from Lallands Peat Worrier The Scottish Household Survey “is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland” which is “designed to provide reliable and up-to-date information on the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of Scottish households and individuals, both nationally and at a [...]
Join the campaign against draconian disconnection
This is a guest post from Jim Killock, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, which campaigns to protect rights and liberties in the digital age Will your MP be voting to disconnect innocent people from the internet, because of evidence that one of them may have infringed copyright? The chances are that they will [...]
201st Decade Technology Part 2 – Free Knowledge and Free Culture
For part 2 of our review of the the 201st decade best new technologies we turn to the internet and the forefront of the battlefield between a new form of communal and reciprocal ownership and the latest attempts at enclosing public space. 2.Wikipedia So it turns our writing a couple of thousand words on technology [...]