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First thoughts on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill

One of the most long-lasting effects of Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013 was that they presented strong evidence that national security agencies in the US and the UK were involved in serious indiscriminate mass surveillance programmes. Furthermore, one of the most revealing aspects was the fact that some of these Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 yearsNovember 5, 2015 ago
Cases

High Court declares that emergency surveillance legislation is unlawful

The High Court of Justice has declared s1 of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 to be unlawful and contrary to European Law. The article in question is part of emergency surveillance legislation enacted last year by the coalition government. The Court was responding to a judicial review Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 yearsJuly 17, 2015 ago
Privacy

No, the UK government is not about to ban Whatsapp

My social media timeline has been inundated in the last week with headlines warning that Whatsapp is about to be banned in the UK by the government. The UK’s mainstream media knows a good scandal when it sees one, and therefore it has picked up the story issuing hysterical headlines Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 yearsJuly 14, 2015 ago
Privacy

How can we battle against state surveillance?

This post is working under the assumption that the type of state surveillance that has been uncovered by Edward Snowden’s leaks is an abuse of power, and should be opposed by any right-thinking person. While I am willing to consider national security arguments from time to time, it seems to Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 8 yearsFebruary 7, 2014 ago
Copyright

Is the NSA infringing copyright?

My friend and colleague Renata Avila has asked an interesting question on Twitter: “If the NSA is storing, reproducing – copying my data and works, are they violating Copyright Law?” I do not think that it has been asked before, so I am trying to tackle it today. This is Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 8 yearsJanuary 25, 2014 ago
Governance

Whatever happened to our dream of a free Internet?

The latest NSA revelations appear to have done something quite interesting. More and more people are looking at the level of surveillance, and they are beginning to wonder how it is possible for one government organisation to have such access to information. The Internet is open and free, how is Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 yearsAugust 2, 2013 ago
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