Twitter Spying Shows Saudis “Hell-Bent” on Menacing Critics
"It’s frightening to contemplate that the platforms that play host to such vast amounts of personal information and opinion can be infiltrated by governments hell-bent on outing and menacing… More
Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
First Amendment expert worries over the use of the Espionage Act, scientists rally for facts, and internet users across the globe worry over their privacy. More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., November 16
French music journalist describes escape, Reaffirming the importance of human rights, and Germany announces limits on citizen spying. More
Wikipedia’s Lawsuit Against NSA Internet Vacuum Has First Day in Court
A judge is weighing whether to kill the case against tapping the Internet's backbone. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., September 22
Well-known blogger Ta Phong Tan freed, Facebook accused of spying on Belgian citizens, and a Somali journalist was wounded. More
The Future of Writing in English
In 2013, a Canadian company released the program ToneCheck that screens emails for potentially conflict causing language. Post-meeting anger: alert. Late night reach/bite toward a lost lover: don’t. More
Rita Duffy: Watchtower 2
From here it looks as if the whole country is spread under a camouflage tarp / rolled out by successive British garrisons / stationed in Crossmaglen. As teenagers we… More
Can you read my mind
Pride is truth's stiffest rival after shame and blood and everything else besides subtlety and re-written creation myths. Like that time I won my own heart in a dance,… More