Internet

Low visibility

It’s not ‘safe’ to let others decide what we can see

First published in MacUser Vol 30 No 9, Summer 2014

I’ve written before about why internet filtering isn’t a good idea. But it’s not going away; in fact, more of…

Forget about it

The right to delete your own history is the right to delete everyone’s

First published in MacUser Vol 30 No 7, July 2014

What does it mean to be forgotten? To the Spanish citizen whose case provoked a…

E pluribus unum

By the time we agree who controls the internet, will there still be one?

First published in MacUser Vol 30 No 6, June 2014

Cry freedom

The corruptors of the internet are on the wrong side of history

First published in MacUser Vol 30 No 1, January 2014

2013 marked two important and, we can now see more clearly, related anniversaries. Thirty years…

The thin end

Conflating sexual content with child abuse is not a grown-up excuse for censorship

First published in MacUser Vol 29 No 8, August 2013

Law games

Due process is a fine thing, and so is knowing when to stop

First published in MacUser Vol 28 No 22, 26 October 2012

Why is it right to prevent the extradition of Gary McKinnon? Not because he’s innocent. He admits he…

As if possessed

The obsolete distinction between seeing and having is driving our laws crazy

First published in MacUser Vol 28 No 17, 17 August 2012

The big cutoff

Targeting copyright infringement at the point of connection will reduce access to the internet

First published in MacUser Vol 28 No 14, 6 July 2012

All or nothing

The internet replaced proprietary services that delivered only selected content. We shouldn’t go back

First published in MacUser Vol 28 No 4, 17 February 2012

Liberty is not a technicality

Blocking off parts of the internet doesn’t mean they’re not there. It means we’re not there

First published in MacUser Vol 27 No 17, 19 August 2011