Police and Media – The Perils of Reporting the G20 Protests in Hamburg
Media failed to hold the state accountable for violations of civil rights by using police statements as factual evidence.
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How the UK got a ‘world-leading’ surveillance law
Last week saw the adoption of the Investigatory Powers Act – a comprehensive legislative framework that regulates the surveillance powers
Read moreInternet Governance Forum discusses surveillance, zero rating and corporate platforms
2,500 delegates from governments, business, civil society, technical community and academia met in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, earlier this month for
Read moreThe Next Snowden Casualty: U.S. no ‘Safe Harbour’ for EU Data
On Tuesday October 6th, the European Court of Justice decided that data transfer by European-based internet companies to the USA
Read moreSurveillance and Citizenship: Conference on Snowden Impacts
Two years after the revelations on mass surveillance by whistleblower Edward Snowden began, an international conference at the Cardiff School
Read more“Citizen Four” Shows the Story Behind the Leak that Changed the World
Posted by: Dr Arne Hintz The long-awaited documentary by filmmaker Laura Poitras about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden had its UK
Read moreBetween Digital Rights and Internet Control: The 9th Internet Governance Forum
Posted by: Dr Arne Hintz Internet governance has emerged from the geeky tech world to become a major social and political
Read moreExploring Trends in Global Media Policy
Posted By: Dr Arne Hintz Young Scholars Conduct “Rapid Response” Research Global communication policy is transforming rapidly. New actors participate
Read moreSnowden, the Media and Surveillance: Looking back at the Leak of the Year
Posted by: Dr Arne Hintz Since early June 2013, the revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden have changed our understanding of
Read moreLooking through the Prism Glass – Reflections on the Surveillance Scandal
Posted by Dr Arne Hintz Since the Guardian and the Washington Post started, on June 6th, to release secret information
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