Exposing celebrities’ private lives may be inevitable in a free press
Two stories emerged this week regarding the private lives of elite sportsmen: rugby player Gareth Thomas and cricketer Ben Stokes. Thomas felt obliged to reveal...
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Podcast Ep. 92: Rees-Mogg Calls Toxic Masculinity ‘Jolly Good Idea’
The prospect of 17th century prime minister Jacob Rees-Mogg, AI that can allegedly tell if you’re gay or straight by looking at your face, and comedian Ro...
The Internet needs better advocates than the censorship crusader Laurie Penny
It is evident to anybody who takes an interest in free speech and its bedfellow free thought that the Internet is now the only battleground worth fighting over....
Facebook’s ‘real name’ dilemma is just part of the battle for a public commons Internet
It is worth remembering that the explosion of the Internet was in part prompted by a donation from one Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist who decided that the World W...
Artist rebukes content leeches with Ethical Ad Blocker, forgets how cybersecurity works
Of all the controversies on the Internet, few bother people’s minds and wallets as much as the ethical debate around the use of ad blockers. For those not...