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Copyright gone mad

New EU Directive threatens the Internet as we know it

And so it has come to this, the great copyright battle of our time. After a troubled process that has spanned various stages of development, we finally have a proposed compromise text on the Digital Single Market Directive, the latest part of a future directive overhauling copyright for the digital Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 yearsFebruary 23, 2019 ago
Cyberliberties

Can the internet be made safe for children?

It’s a dance as old as (digital) time. When faced with a challenge, politicians will look for a scapegoat in which to assign the blame of a complex issue, and propose allegedly easy solutions to fix impossible problems. Terrorist attack? End encryption. Rise in populism? End fake news. Violent crime Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 years ago
Copyright

The dangers hidden in the proposed Copyright Directive

This is a short post to bring together a few resources about the important vote taking place at the European Parliament on the proposed Copyright in the Digital Market Directive. I’ve written about the issues I have with the proposed new publisher right (Article 11) here: “this is a misguided Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 yearsSeptember 11, 2018 ago
Cyberliberties

Is there such a thing as Internet politics?

In 2004, one of my favourite Machinima, “Red vs Blue”, released a short called “Real Life vs the Internet” showing the disparities between our online and offline existence. One of my favourite sections is the discussion on politics. In real life you usually tend to avoid the topic, while political Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 yearsAugust 7, 2018 ago
Copyright gone mad

What can the Copyright Directive vote tell us about the state of digital rights?

As we have been covering in the last couple of articles, a controversial EU Copyright Directive has been under discussion at the European Parliament, and in a surprising turn of events, it voted to reject fast-tracking the tabled proposal by the JURI Committee which contained controversial proposals, particularly in Art Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 yearsJuly 6, 2018 ago
Meme

The Memification of knowledge: Is the Internet making us less informed?

I love the Internet. Games. Netflix. Twitter. Cat gifs. Memes. The whole world’s knowledge at your fingertips. Expert opinion, peer reviewed articles, books in the public domain, online encyclopaedias. Never in history has been so much information made available to us in such a reachable fashion. Why is it then Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 yearsFebruary 10, 2018 ago
Digital rights

Book review: Kill All Normies

I’ve just finished reading “Kill All Normies” by Angela Nagle, a thoroughly enjoyable experience for anyone who is interested in Internet culture wars and how politics is shaping and being shaped by various online tribes. The title comes from the name given to normal people in some online chatrooms, particularly Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 5 yearsSeptember 29, 2017 ago
Cyberliberties

The great free speech online debate

One of the most over-used (yet true) legal comparisons in Internet regulation studies is to contrast the European and US approaches to freedom of speech when it comes to cyberspace. The United States favours an almost unlimited view of freedom of speech, while Europe has put in place large caveats Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 5 years ago
Digital rights

Whatever happened to our dream of an empowering Internet (and how to get it back)

I remember when I first logged on to the Internet like it was yesterday. I had been hearing rumours about this global communications network, and had met people who told me about electronic messaging systems that would send mail to people in universities around the world. It sounded like science Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 5 yearsJune 5, 2017 ago
Networks

US Border agents to start collecting social media data

EFF has publicised a report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) which details a new policy by US border police in which agents ask Muslim Americans returning home for travels abroad for social media handles, but also going as far as asking for access to mobile phones through handles, Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 5 yearsFebruary 1, 2017 ago

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