The government faces legal restrictions on how much personal information it can gather on citizens, but the law is largely silent on agencies purchasing the data from commercial brokers.
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The vast majority of people alive today are subject to tracking through a number of overlapping and entrenched surveillance systems.
Employers are embracing electronic surveillance tools. The technology is new but the thinking is old – and flawed.
Cookie notifications remind people that they are being tracked, which affects how people behave online.
Sweeping police powers for online surveillance and hacking raise concerns over privacy and security.
Google, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter have all agreed to a voluntary code of conduct targeting misinformation. But the only real commitment is to appear as though they’re taking action.
A digital ID will only work if people are allowed to keep control of their data.
Hey Alexa, who are you sharing my data with?
Even governments in democracies with strong traditions of rule of law find themselves tempted to abuse these new abilities.
If you’re worried your phone is recording your private conversations, look closer at the data you’ve already agreed to give away.
Without much delay, Facebook and Twitter could make significant changes to limit political manipulation and propaganda. Will they? And will users ask it of the social media giants?
A new book celebrates the long and rich history of investigative reporting in southern Africa, and highlights some hidden and forgotten gems.
Something good could come from the Cambridge Analytica scandal if we used the same data to fix society, rather than profit from it.
Companies are compiling your smartphone data into shockingly intimate profiles that can be used against you.
The invasion of privacy through online surveillance can make people ignore the civil rights of others.
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Communications and Media, Murdoch University
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Associate professor, Universitas Padjadjaran
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Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Literature, Brunel University of London
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Project Officer, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex
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Senior Researcher in Human Rights, University of Essex
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Reader in Cyber Security, University of Kent
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Assistant Professor of Media, Journalism and Film, Miami University
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Professor of Strategic Management, Coventry University
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Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies, Ursinus College
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Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Media Arts and Technology, Southampton Solent University
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Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs & Associate Professor, School of Public Service; Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Boise State University
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Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University
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Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
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Research Fellow in Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University