The Chinese government’s further tightening of internet controls and mandating real name registration threaten security and privacy of internet users.…
Protests by teenage school students over sexual rumours about young teenage girls spread on photo-sharing service Instagram have turned violent after police intervened.
Whenever pirates demand the right to send anything to anybody without being tracked, we are somehow accused of wanting things for free. That’s not true. What we demand is simpler: we demand the laws to apply equally online and offline; we demand our children inherit the civil liberties that our parents fought, bled and often died to give to us. It’s an entirely reasonable demand.
This past year has seen a particularly dramatic increase both in the collection of DNA for forensic purposes, and in controversy over its ethical and social implications. DNA forensics can be an extremely useful tool for identifying perpetrators as well as exonerating people who have been wrongly convicted or accused. However, its use carries significant risks as well.