Is mass surveillance really the answer to our terrorism fears?
Effective surveillance of electronic communications relies on the ability of tech companies to successfully comply with new duties
Edward Snowden
Who is the ‘human rights candidate’ for Labour’s leadership?
The candidates share their views on mass surveillance, strike laws and foreign policy
The ISC’s new report on mass surveillance is a missed opportunity
Most of the report simply defends current practices and ignores their potential for misuse
Review: Citizenfour: Snowden under siege
Laura Poitras’ chilling portrait of Edward Snowden on the edge of exposure raises many questions about our relationship to surveillance in the UK.
MEPs take Europe’s case for a digital bill of rights to Washington
On the left we should be clear that the struggle for civil liberties is now taking place in cyberspace.
The European Union is standing up to the United States on data protection
As Socialist and Democrat spokesperson on Justice and Home Affairs in the European Parliament, I know that the European Union has been pushing hard to create the first piece of international legislation on data protection – the Data Protection Regulation and Directive – which would help enshrine much needed citizen’s protections in the internet age.
The US government, rather than Edward Snowden, is behaving unconstitutionally
Besides denying people their privacy on such a scale, in the US is behaving unconstituionally. Those who have broken the constitution are the very ones demanding the person who exposed their criminality be locked up. Kafka would have relished this.
Internet freedom on Edward Snowden’s flight path
Regardless of what you think of Edward Snowden’s actions (fairly honourable, in my view), the attempt to hide out in countries with some fairly questionable records on media freedom is raising eyebrows.
Remember when Obama condemned the Bush administration for violating civil liberties?
Due to the willingness of nation states and international terrorist organisations to increasingly conduct their activities within the domain of communication technology, in particular the internet, it is clear that surveillance remains a necessary evil.
Let’s hope the US electorate remembers the PRISM fiasco when the 2016 primaries commence
The United States of America is not one for letting things go. So when Edward Snowden – a 29-year old CIA employee seconded to the NSA – leaked classified information on highly-secretive surveillance systems, he will have known that his days of anonymity and free-living were numbered.