Publications

Philip N. Howard: Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Lock Us Up or Set Us Free

April 10, 2015
Publications - Books

Should we fear or welcome the internet’s evolution? The “internet of things” is the rapidly growing network of everyday objects—eyeglasses, cars, thermostats—made smart with sensors and internet addresses. Soon we will live in a pervasive yet invisible network of everyday objects that communicate with one another. In this original and provocative book, Director of CMDS, Philip N. Howard envisions a new world order emerging from this great transformation in the technologies around us.

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Best practices for securing digital communications

February 2, 2015
Publications - "Strengthening Journalism in Europe"

In the second part of his article, Collin Anderson gives tips for securing digital communications and lists some handy tools for it.

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European Leaders Rally For Freedom, Call for Increased Surveillance

February 2, 2015
Publications - "Strengthening Journalism in Europe"

Mike Rispoli, the Communications Manager and spokesperson for Privacy International writes about political leaders' responses to the Charlie Hebdo attack and the concerns of increased government surveillance powers.

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When satire incites hatred: Charlie Hebdo and the freedom of expression debate

February 2, 2015
Publications - "Strengthening Journalism in Europe"

Peter Noorlander, CEO of Media Legal Defence Initiative writes about the lines between offence, insult and incitement of hatred, looking more closely at recent French and other European cases as well as decisions from the European Court of Human Rights.

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Monroe Price: Free Expression, Globalism and the New Strategic Communication

January 29, 2015
Publications - Books

Building on examples drawn from the Arab Spring, the shaping of the Internet in China, Iran's perception of foreign broadcasting, and Russia's media interventions, Monroe Price's book, Free Expression, Globalism and the New Strategic Communication, published by Cambridge University Press, exposes the anxieties of loss of control, on the one hand, and the missed opportunities for greater freedom, on the other. 

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