CATEGORY: United Kingdom

Mass surveillance or just Big Data?

Mass surveillance or just Big Data?

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

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Our last, best, hope?

Our last, best, hope?

Speaking to a gathering of internet industry executives, writer and broadcaster Bill Thompson called on them to stand up for freedom, however hard that may be.

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Pippa and Britain’s parody problem

Pippa and Britain’s parody problem

Pippa Middleton is reported to have threatened legal action against a spoof twitter account and book. But a recent study claims that parody has cultural and economic benefits for Britain, and the government is set to loosen copyright laws. Padraig Reidy writes

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