The US president’s attack on confidential sources is one of many legal and technological threats to public interest journalism, as a new report shows
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Government agencies and contractors are now less trusting of their workers, and keeping a much closer eye on them, both on and off the job.
The announcement of Chelsea Manning’s commutation raises questions regarding the future of other high-profile leakers, like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden.
By choosing to talk to MI5’s most outspoken press critics, the spy boss has made a very shrewd move.
The dark web is often used for illegal activity and because of the way it’s structured, it’s hard to police.
Capitalism has become focused on expanding the proportion of social life that is open to data collection and processing – as if the social itself has become the new target of capitalism’s expansion.
The new movie about the NSA leaker is a new way for the public to learn about government surveillance, communications technology and privacy. How well does it prepare the public for that discussion?
Making the mechanical more human.
As governments look to new ways to step up surveillance, hackers find new ways to subvert it. Is there a way to end this cat and mouse game, described as a crypto-war?
The rise of leaktivism: specialised platforms and organisations that turn data into a weapon to strike at government and corporate power.
Make no mistake: the odds of a palace coup just narrowed slightly.
An open letter signed by security experts from around the world is calling on governments to protect encryption rather than undermine it in a quixotic attempt to tackle terrorism.
What kind of society do our so-called “Western and networked democracies” count as normal if humans are constantly objectified, monitored and profiled?
In a world where the gadgets have taken over, Bond feels somewhat antiquated but he is inevitably privileged by the demands of cinema.
The battle for public opinion over whether Edward Snowden was right might just be won out, not in the press or the US Congress, but in fiction.
The value and utility of the NSA’s metadata retention programs – which formed the template for Australia’s metadata regime – have too often been over-exaggerated.
The EU’s highest court invalidated a key data sharing agreement between the union and the US, exposing the deep cultural clash over privacy and surveillance.
If you’re surprised that the US is spying on France… don’t be.
Whether the story is true or not, we’ve seen that old threats still give intelligence agencies the jitters, even in the digital age.
US intelligence agencies can no longer collect and store the telecommunications data of US citizens but other countries are strengthening their efforts.
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Lecturer and Teacher, Department of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University
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Professor of Global Politics and Cybersecurity, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Cardiff University
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Reader in International Security Security, King's College London
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Professor of Information Technology Management, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in Strategy and Defence, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Birmingham
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University