Where Are The Post-WikiLeaks Digital Whistleblowers?
Following WikiLeaks' dramatic arrival on the global stage, a host of digital whistleblowing groups emerged ready to use new media to shake up the old order. So why has the expected deluge of...
View ArticleThe Week In Data
After an all too brief summer break, our weekly data digest returns to explore murder in the US, the meaning of a neighbourhood, Great British Bands and the farthest reaches of the galaxy. It's The...
View ArticleThe Cyber Cold War
In the battle for control of the Internet, the US holds most of the cards. Now Russia and China are calling for greater individual state power, while others argue the UN is best placed to manage the...
View ArticleMeet the HackerMoms
In California, a group of mothers and hacking enthusiasts have created one of the world's first hacker-crèches, a place to find support, friendship and creative fulfillment.
View ArticleThe Associated Whistleblowing Press
The founders of the Associated Whistleblowing Press, the latest project designed to facilitate whistleblower leaks, aim to learn the lessons of the WikiLeaks project - and focus on making an impact at...
View ArticleThe Week In Data
This week we look inside a radio station (via Twitter), examine the role of money in the US Presidential election, track murder in Guatemala and explore the age when we are at our most creative. It's...
View Article13 of the Newest Political and Civic Tools
As the US presidential election draws ever nearer, Matt Stempeck rounds up 13 new tools that leverage digital technology to impact at the political and civic level.
View ArticleWestern Spy Tech Linked to Bahrain Regime
Further evidence of western technology being used by Arab regimes to spy on activists. FinFisher, the makers of the spyware, were identified by Owni & WikiLeaks last year as part of the global...
View Article‘Dying With Dignity is Better Than Living as Slaves’
In Bahrain, a leading human rights activist has just been sentenced to life imprisonment, having been brutally tortured and raped. His daughter and other activists also languish in cells, for...
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Essay: Real Nature is not Green
At the edge of the woods along the motorway near the Dutch town of Bloemendaal, there stands a mobile telephone mast disguised as a pine tree. This mast is not nature: at best, it is a picture of...
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[app] Warning: the fracking risks of shale gas extraction
«Sand, water, pressure»: the recipe for shale gas extraction found on Halliburton’s official web site resembles that of a sandpie. Perhaps the original blend wasn’t very different when the procedure...
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Shale Gas: Energy revolution or Ecological threat?
After revolutionizing the American energy market, shale gas extraction is now coveted around the world … Despite the operating method being environmentally very risky. — In North Texas, Barnett Shales’...
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Director of anti shale gas film Josh Fox classified as a ‘terrorist’
Director Josh Fox had nothing but his camera to assist him for the documentary. It all started, with a simple letter from a gas company which arrived at his family home in Pennsylvania, a haven of...
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Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology
The dream of capturing the infinite energy of the sun, wind, and waves has inspired innovators for centuries, yet fossil fuels dominate today mostly due to their portability, energy density, and...
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washed up
I stumbled upon this fascinating and mega eye-opening project called Washed Up, by artist Alejandro Durán and just had to share- I think it’s something everyone should see! (via Notcot) From the...
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Cognitive Cities: How Network Technology is Changing the City
I moved to Amsterdam a couple years ago, with a background in multimedia art and an acquired interest in architecture. It turned out that, if you like both new media and the built environment, the...
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US Biotech Giant Never Tested Poisonous Ingredient
On February 13, the High Court in Lyon found in favour of a French farmer in his case against the American biotech company Monsanto. The firm, which has appealed, was declared responsible for the...
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Canada’s Creeping Suppression of Dissent
Overshadowed by student protests in Quebec against university reform, a proposed budget bill is raising concern among Canadian activists and environmental organisations. Tabled by the Conservative...
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The Petroleum Panacea of French Guiana
Drilling for oil off the coast of French Guiana will not lift the social stagnation afflicting this French overseas department. Permission, granted on June 22, to prospect for oil beneath the ocean...
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