How the new Sub-Committee on Disinformation can help strengthen democracy in...
In April 2019 the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee established a sub-committee to continue its inquiry into disinformation and data privacy in the digital age. Michela Palese...
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Non-technologists may have noticed that ‘big data’ is the most recent addition to our ever-expanding lexicon of webtwopointwhateverspeak. Big data refers to datasets that are beyond the means of...
View ArticleThe man with a $30,000 computer buried in his chest
Before you ask, no, he’s not a cyborg from the future, or a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist. Although it sounds like science fiction, this is increasingly science fact for thousands of...
View ArticleProfit versus privacy
As recently remarked on over at the Bits blog, tech companies like Facebook are increasingly fond of making the “economy versus privacy” argument. It goes something like this: Because they create jobs...
View ArticleProtecting Data Protection: accounting for human error
Following recent revelations made by The Mirror, Oliver Letwin has undoubtedly been forced to adopt a more conventional filing system. On approximately five separate occasions throughout September and...
View ArticlePalin’s e-mails: why so bland?
They waited nearly three years for boxes of what promised to be controversial and entertaining news fodder, straight from the fingertips of the U.S. vice-presidential candidate. “Editors, bloggers and...
View ArticleStudy ranks Canadian FOI laws dead last
Canada’s The Star has cited a Unit research paper analysing FOI regimes around the world: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/918732–study-ranks-canada-s-freedom-of-information-laws-dead-last...
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