‘A new star rises over Europe’: what British Labour thought about the Russian Revolution
Several key figures travelled to Soviet Russia in its early days to witness the socialist state in action.
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NSA breaches a new level of social contract with Sigint
In the wake of the latest New York Times/Guardian UK/ProPublica triple team effort breaking news of America’s National Security Agency’s (NSA) anti-cryptography effort Sigint, a new level of social contract…
Russia and China prepare to fight US internet domination
While there is only one world power on the internet, that situation will not last forever. The internet’s underpinning technologies were mostly created in the US, the initial networks were based there…
We are right to fear spy ‘database of everything’ if even politicians know little about it
Committee report reveals ‘citizens dossiers’ feared but never admitted to have existed for decades.
Walkley Awards recognise online journalism – it’s time we all did
The winners of this year’s Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism will be announced in Brisbane tonight. For the first time, the 2013 awards include prizes for Multimedia Storytelling and Podcast…
State of the states post‑election: experts respond
The Conversation asked Australia’s leading experts to profile the eight states and territories in the lead up to the election. With the result decided (albeit some details still to be ironed out), we look…
Wikileaks: A Few Secrets
The following words on the subject of secrets and politics were spoken at a recent Sydney public symposium, organised by my colleague Benedetta Brevini, Beyond Wikileaks (8th October 2013). There are three…
In the light of Prism, does the NBN enable systematic surveillance by friend or foe?
In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Edward Snowden revealed that the US had been hacking computers and network infrastructure in Hong Kong and China for some years: “We hack network backbones…
Treat NSA leaks with care, national security is on the line
The past week has seen some extraordinary allegations that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was intercepting all online communications. It is also alleged that the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters…
WA’s decision to allow internet voting in state election is a very positive step
The WA Electoral Commission has made a significant move towards internet voting for all by allowing people with an incapacity or disability making it difficult to vote, or vote in secret, to vote in the…
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