If a government wants to shut down the internet, it really can – the technical capability is there.
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Our research provides the first comprehensive picture of long-term trends in online diversity, drawing on a dataset that’s four times as large as the original Hubble Space Telescope data.
Technology has played a key role for both sides engaged in the conflict. So what would happen if Myanmar’s military shut down all communication to the outside?
The order requires Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove certain content globally, based on it being defamatory under India’s local law.
Private companies – many based in the US – are blocking access to their websites from particular countries around the world. It’s contributing to a splintering of the global internet.
A new copyright reform law has many up in arms – they want you to do something about it before it comes up for a vote.
Around the world, people are both increasingly dependent on, and distrustful of, digital technology. New research suggests ways this conflict could unfold.
Virtual private networks help citizens around the world evade state surveillance – how long until more governments take action?
While the US is reeling from rampant fake online news, political movements in Europe are using the internet as a powerful democratic symbol to win elections. Will cyber-optimism or pessimism win?
The Digital Economy Bill would effectively create a hackable register of pornography users and block ‘unconventional’ material.
A more democratic internet is possible via personal and community networking. Find out how to build your own connection to the world.
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?
Not all internet traffic is the same. Despite the recent legal win for network neutrality, many questions remain.
It is time to demand the ‘positive right’ of affordable access if we want internet freedom for all.
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Research professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Glasgow
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Interdisciplinary researcher on hybrid space and peer-to-peer systems, ETH Zurich
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Senior Lecturer, Criminal Law, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Media Theory and History, Università di Torino
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Lecturer in Networking and Security, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Lecturer in Geographic Information Science, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior lecturer, Deakin University
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Lecturer, School of Law and Criminology, Murdoch University
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Visiting Researcher, Network Society Lab, Journalism and Media Programme, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of Michigan
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Professor specialising in Internet law, Bond University
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Professor of AI and Behavioral Data Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney