The government is still dragging its feet on gender recognition

Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel, and for the second group,

October 6, 2020

Is facial recognition technology finally being seen for the dystopian threat it is?

In the end, even Silicon Valley has had to admit that there is something a bit sinister about facial recognition

August 21, 2020

The new counter-terror bill threatens our civil liberties and our justice system

As More points out to Roper in A Man For All Seasons, if you flatten all the laws in England

June 9, 2020

Our obsession with George Orwell has robbed his name of all meaning

The very first rule for writing set out in George Orwell’s 1949 essay “Politics and the English Language” is: “Never

March 17, 2020

The privacy paradox: How we got trapped in a data dystopia

One of the less encouraging reports to come out of the tech world this month was that Facebook, everyone’s favourite

February 18, 2020

With its foray into facial recognition, Uber is normalising mass surveillance

The news late last year that Uber plans to introduce facial recognition technology seems to have mostly escaped the notice

January 13, 2020