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Constructing collusion: Why the police must be held to account over their role in blacklisting
How can the force be held to account if we have no idea who was involved?
While parties grab more of your data, the EU is getting tough on tech giants
Party leaders want to change the law to see more of your online data. Meanwhile the European Commission reveals plans to tax tech giants…
Government must restore credibility of spy cops inquiry
We are three years into a public inquiry into undercover policing and arguments are still ongoing about which officers can remain anonymous.
Why advertisers should stop funding Facebook – and what they should do instead
A powerful advertising lobby has just threatened to quit Facebook following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The money should really go into journalism instead.
University strikes – where do we go from here?
Lecturers’ strikes brought universities to a halt for most of the last month. But what started as a last resort turned into a movement for the Free University.
What the Cambridge Analytica leak tells us about political campaigning
In times of unprecedented data accumulation and its control in the hands of a selected few, how can democracy be upheld?
EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters think Labour’s Brexit stance is unclear – while Lib Dems face a ‘48%’ problem…
No party has managed to persuade the public that they have a clear plan for Brexit, according to new BMG polling for Left Foot Forward.
How the government is avoiding paying out millions in underpaid benefits
The Department for Work and Pensions says it can’t refund £150m in benefits underpayments due to a tribunal ruling. Yet they’ve got round rulings in the past…
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: It’s time to give Facebook to its users
The Cambridge Analytica revelations are another sign that the social network is not acting in the interests of the community. For Facebook to be a real social network, it needs to be owned by those who invest their personal lives in it.
If the government can’t even please Leavers, Brexit really is doomed
Just who is happy with the government’s Brexit plans?