Category: Governance & Security
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We aren’t “rational actors” when it comes to privacy—and we need protecting
The popularity of technologies and services that reveal insights about our daily lives paints a…
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How do we encourage greater public inclusion in Internet governance debates?
The Internet is neither purely public nor private, but combines public and private networks, platforms,…
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Governments Want Citizens to Transact Online: And This Is How to Nudge Them There
Peter John and Toby Blume design and report a randomised control trial that encouraged users…
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Five Pieces You Should Probably Read On: Reality, Augmented Reality and Ambient Fun
Things you should probably know, and things that deserve to be brought out for another…
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Could data pay for global development? Introducing data financing for global good
Are there ways in which the data economy could directly finance global causes such as…
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Should there be a better accounting of the algorithms that choose our news for us?
The algorithms technology rely upon create a new type of curated media that can undermine…
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The blockchain paradox: Why distributed ledger technologies may do little to transform the economy
Applying elementary institutional economics to examine what blockchain technologies really do in terms of economic…
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Exploring the Ethics of Monitoring Online Extremism
Exploring the complexities of policing the web for extremist material, and its implications for security,…
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Assessing the Ethics and Politics of Policing the Internet for Extremist Material
Exploring the complexities of policing the web for extremist material, and its implications for security,…
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New Voluntary Code: Guidance for Sharing Data Between Organisations
For data sharing between organisations to be straight forward, there needs to a common understanding…
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Controlling the crowd? Government and citizen interaction on emergency-response platforms
Government involvement in crowdsourcing efforts can actually be used to control and regulate volunteers from…
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Government “only” retaining online metadata still presents a privacy risk
When considered in relation to individuals’ privacy, metadata should not be viewed as fundamentally different…