Science & Technology… Facial Recognition Forces Kids to Pay Attention in Class 17 Aug 201919 Aug 2019 In Hangzhou, China, a high school has implemented facial recognition technology in the classroom. The system scans and stores the emotions of each student’s face every 30 seconds to determine…
Surveillance Surveillance Slips Into Totalitarianism…But Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned 3 Feb 20198 Mar 2019 It’s a page out of Orwell’s 1984. The increasing revelations about surveillance across the globe into our private lives is causing a divide in the Western states. Are the actions…
Cinema/TV… Top 10 Dystopian Musts For Dystopian Junkies 3 Feb 201926 May 2019 I'm a big believer in the dystopian genre representing a society in which we can avoid. (Everything else between is post-apocalyptic). It's becoming incredibly difficult to find a reliable list…
Surveillance Snowden: Telegram Messenger App is Unsafe. Here’s Why 2 Jan 201811 Mar 2019 Ex-NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has raised further awareness of the risks encountered when using messaging applications. In the past, Snowden has been critical of Skype, where the company gave over…
Censorship Censorship Announced But Not Reported On In News 17 Aug 20178 Mar 2019 It's been over two months since I've written a single word either for my employer or myself. Simply being, censorship has hit independent journalists hard. My employer can't afford to…
Censorship The CIA is “waging war on truth-tellers” 28 Apr 20179 Mar 2019 When contemplating the First Amendment; the freedom to report on the government and its organizations springs to mind. Any restrictions of the press, suppression of the press and suppression of…
Censorship Freedom of Press Threatened as US Prepares Arrest Warrant for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange 22 Apr 201711 Mar 2019 Julian Assange’s stay in the Ecuadorian embassy is more about US extradition than Swedish extradition. Facing allegations (there are still no formal charges that have been laid against Assange) in…
Media… Meet the CIA’s Billion Dollar Big Brother – And I Bet You’ve Never Heard of Them 8 Apr 201719 Aug 2019 If you haven’t heard of the NGA, you can be forgiven. The NGA – the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency employs over 15,000 people in its shadows. The NGA is the cutting-edge…
Human Rights… Confirmed: “Warrantless” Spying on Americans’ Communications Occurs Via “Backdoor” Means 14 Mar 201719 Aug 2019 Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has come under scrutiny as it is set to expire this year on Dec. 31. The deadline of the contentious section…
Australia… Turnbull Govt’s $18.5M for Citizen Surveillance with “The Capability” and “iOmniscient” Facial Recog. Technology 11 Mar 201719 Aug 2019 Has Big Brother reached Australia? Concerned citizens of Queensland, Australia’s northern state, seem to think so. Privacy advocates are fearing the latest development in a facial recognition technology trial has…
Essays… Does WikiLeaks’ Release Shed Light on Alleged Russian Hacks? 9 Mar 201719 Aug 2019 While the CIA scrambles to defend themselves and the FBI hunts out the likely candidate responsible for the WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 leak – a trove of CIA documents highlighting the…
