Can individuals control the monetisation of their data?
By Paul Panckhurst Tech giants make billions of dollars as people hand over their personal information in exchange for free apps, search engines and social media platforms. The raw material of our digital lives – location data, online searches, purchases, “likes” – is...
Is the cyberattack on NZX a wakeup call for New Zealand?
By Logan Carmichael Cyberattacks are taking place with increasing frequency, and with increasing capability to do widespread damage. On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) halted trading as a result of Distributed Denial of Service...
Social media as the new wild west: How can we curb lawlessness on Facebook?
By Rachel Simpson The crisis of lawlessness on Facebook means it has become a breeding ground for alienation, fragmentation and xenophobia across the globe. In a contribution to the North Carolina Law Review, Georgetown Law Professor Anupam Chander, commented on the...
Managing the learning curves of moving online during COVID-19. Does Estonia have some answers?
By Logan Carmichael As lockdowns have been imposed across Europe and around the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the move online of traditionally in-person tasks and services has sent many countries into turmoil. In addition to a global pandemic that has...
What can we learn from Estonia’s cyber revolution?
By Logan Carmichael For three weeks in 2007, if you wanted to do practically anything on the internet in Estonia, you were out of luck. The websites of the Estonian government, major banks, and prominent news media outlets were incapacitated. These sites fell victim...
Memes, manifestos, murder: Fascist radicalisation online, and how we can stop it â–¶
In recent years, fascists and white supremacists have emerged from the darkest corners of the internet onto the streets – and into the halls of power. The movement’s activists are being radicalised online, and driven to acts of atrocity like those carried...
The meme politics of white supremacy: How does fascist radicalisation happen on the internet?
By Emmi Bevensee The devastating anti-Muslim attacks carried out in Christchurch in March this year were part of a trend of disaffected white men, radicalised into fascist politics through social media meme culture. The alleged shooter, now facing trial for the murder...
How does fear feed online bigotry and real-world violence?
By Adam G. Klein Fear, more than hate, feeds online bigotry and real-world violence according to Adam G. Klein. When a U.S. senator asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, “Can you define hate speech?” it was arguably the most important question that social networks face:...
Has the internet led to economic growth?
By Chris Doucouliagos & Tom Stanley The internet has done a lot, but so far little for economic growth as Chris Doucouliagos and Tom Stanley explain. The internet is transforming every aspect of our lives. It has become indispensable. But, so far, according to a...Subscribe by Email
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