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Where Are The Post-WikiLeaks Digital Whistleblowers?

Following WikiLeaks' dramatic arrival on the global stage, a host of digital whistleblowing groups emerged ready to use new media to shake up the old order. So why has the expected deluge of...

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The Week In Data

After an all too brief summer break, our weekly data digest returns to explore murder in the US, the meaning of a neighbourhood, Great British Bands and the farthest reaches of the galaxy. It's The...

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The Cyber Cold War

In the battle for control of the Internet, the US holds most of the cards. Now Russia and China are calling for greater individual state power, while others argue the UN is best placed to manage the...

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Meet the HackerMoms

In California, a group of mothers and hacking enthusiasts have created one of the world's first hacker-crèches, a place to find support, friendship and creative fulfillment.

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The Associated Whistleblowing Press

The founders of the Associated Whistleblowing Press, the latest project designed to facilitate whistleblower leaks, aim to learn the lessons of the WikiLeaks project - and focus on making an impact at...

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The Week In Data

This week we look inside a radio station (via Twitter), examine the role of money in the US Presidential election, track murder in Guatemala and explore the age when we are at our most creative. It's...

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13 of the Newest Political and Civic Tools

As the US presidential election draws ever nearer, Matt Stempeck rounds up 13 new tools that leverage digital technology to impact at the political and civic level.

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Western Spy Tech Linked to Bahrain Regime

Further evidence of western technology being used by Arab regimes to spy on activists. FinFisher, the makers of the spyware, were identified by Owni & WikiLeaks last year as part of the global...

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‘Dying With Dignity is Better Than Living as Slaves’

In Bahrain, a leading human rights activist has just been sentenced to life imprisonment, having been brutally tortured and raped. His daughter and other activists also languish in cells, for...

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The Week In Data

Our weekly round-up of the best of data on the web.

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Anonymous? A face behind the mask

In a scene reminiscent of a thousand police dramas, the FBI arrived at the door of 19 year old Mercedes Haefer, guns drawn, at 6am whilst she was still in her pyjamas getting ready for work. The...

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“The internet is direct democracy.”

Paul Jorion is an anthropologist who blogs about economic and financial issues. In 2005,  he was one of the first to predict the subprime crisis and subsequent recession. Today, in his new book, The...

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