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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Michael Anti’s exile from Facebook over ‘real-name policy’
The Chinese journalist Michael Anti had his Facebook account deleted in January. The reason Facebook gave was that Michael Anti isn’t his real, government-recorded, name–which is true. Instead, Anti is...
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The Twitter Revolution Must Die
Have you ever heard of the Leica Revolution? No? That’s probably because folks who don’t know anything about “branding” insist on calling it the Mexican Revolution. An estimated two million people died...
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In Pictures: Spain’s Graphic Voices
The #spanishrevolution is divided into camps and manifestations, on the web and in neighborhoods throughout the country – but it is also graphically visible. It’s the creative voices we saw on photos...
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Escif: Street artist or revolutionist?
Within the last few years, the Spanish artist Escif created street artworks which are centered around themes relating to revolution, civil disorder, and social change. Click here to view the embedded...
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