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The problem of surveillance in a democratic society
What has been a constant theme through the debate is that there is a technological solution (encryption) to what is perceived as a technological problem (surveillance). The problem, at its source, is not technological it is political. Why we … Continue reading
Posted in Government, transparency
Tagged Democracy, Edward Snowden, facebook, National Security Agency, State (polity), Surveillance, technology, United States
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Worrying about the Public-Private Surveillance Partnership: A response
The following is a response to Bruce Schneier’s article The Public-Private Surveillance Partnership. In the article, he argues that the primary business model of the internet is mass surveillance. A public-private partnership makes it happen and to defend it. I … Continue reading
Street justice through social media: the new bureaucratic accountability
The customer service angle to social media complaints are well known. People use Twitter, Facebook and other social media to complain about customer service. They don’t like the product or service so they complain publicly to get somethign done. The process is … Continue reading
Posted in Government, local government, public sector, transparency, Uncategorized
Tagged Business, Customer service, facebook, Harold Evans, Michael Lipsky, Social media, Twitter, Youtube
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Write a letter if you want to defeat the NSA surveillance state
In reading the title, you may be expecting me to suggest that you write a letter to your government representative to protest the NSA’s surveillance. Instead, I want to suggest something radical: write a letter and not use email. If you want … Continue reading
In defence of PRISM: why we need governments in cyberspace.
With the latest revelations about the United States of America’s government’s access to various internet services companies, people have been outraged. They seem genuinely surprised that such action is occurring. What they fail to realize are two important things. … Continue reading
Posted in FOIA, privacy, transparency, Uncategorized
Tagged Apple, facebook, Google, Government Communications Headquarters, Law, magna carta, National Security Agency, Politics, Rupert Murdoch, United States
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Have hypertext and hyperlink been over-hyped? The view from local government.
Since the dawn of the social media age, we have been treated to various claims that hypertext and hyperlinks will change the way we work, read, and write. There were even claims that hyperlinks will subvert hierarchies. Yet, … Continue reading
Posted in good writing, Government, linked data, local government, open data, transparency
Tagged facebook, Google, Hyperlink, Hypertext, Microsoft PowerPoint, Social media, technological evangelist, Twitter, web writing, World Wide Web
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Who speaks for a political organisation in the age of social media?
Today the LGiU published a briefing on the two-year study by the Young Foundation (funded by DCLG) called Local 2.0. The report is well worth a read because it shows what is being done on the ground with social media. … Continue reading
Hyperlinks, Leo Strauss and the return of esoteric writing
I have been thinking recently about the phrase “Hyperlinks subvert hierarchies.” I argued in an earlier blog that this was not the case. I suggested that hyperlinks reflect hierarchies and those hierarchies are networks. In that approach, I only considered … Continue reading
Can social media reduce the cost of responding to foi requests?
In the recent written evidence to the Justice select committee reviewing FOIA in the UK, the “cost” of FOI has been discussed. Often, the witnesses want to cut this cost by limiting the number of requests. I would argue that … Continue reading
Posted in FOIA, Government, local government, transparency
Tagged facebook, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of information legislation, Justice Select Committee, Politics, Social media, transparency, Yammer
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