Yes, You Are Being Watched
At Saturday’s ‘War on the Internet’ forum in Melbourne, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam gave a…More
Yearly Archives: 2012
How Gillard Squibbed On Gambling Reform
Poker machine reform is dead. That’s the upshot of the "negotiations" between the government and…More
Man Overboard?
When the Costa Concordia ran aground and her captain Francesco Schettino was accused of abandoning…More
A Year In Tahrir Square
It was on 25 January 2011, formerly known as Police Day, that a loose coalition…More
Why Facebook Is Never Safe
Hacker, former Wikileaks volunteer, Tor developer and activist Jacob Appelbaum has been in Australia to…More
The Far Right Gets Serious
Andreas Behring Breivik killed 69 youth activists on the Norwegian island of Utøya after exploding…More
Ron Paul's Progressive Fan Club
These days when an online conversation turns to international affairs, even here in Australia, it’s…More
My Visit To Fukushima
Last week I joined an international delegation to the radiation-affected Fukushima region in Japan. The…More
Who Wants To Stop Online Piracy?
Yesterday, thousands of Wikipedia users found themselves staring at a black page. "Imagine a World…More
The Truth About The Internet
You may have noticed, recently, something of a brouhaha blowing up on the so-called "world…More