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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMeet 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.
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Article13 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.
View ArticleWestern 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...
View Article‘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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Internet Memes: The Mythology of Augmented Society
Bloggers here at Cyborgology have explored the Internet meme in interesting ways. Most notably, David Banks analyzed the performative meme, arguing for its function in cultural cohesion, and PJ Rey...
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How the digital age is reshaping the face of India
Since the wave of the Internet revolution reached the shores of Indian subcontinent, about a decade ago, it has gradually submerged even the most remote and deprived villages, affecting the...
View ArticleMalayalam Bloggers Campaign For Soumya
Kerala was rife with outrage, when a 23 year old girl Soumya was thrown out from a moving passenger train, raped and brutally murdered. The intriguing thing was when she was being attacked and thrown...
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E-governance: You’re doing it wrong.
Bhoomi – the sparkling e-governance program in India. A well-polished showcase for modern democracy. It was almost too good to be true. Since 2001, Bhoomi’s land records account for nearly 20 million...
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2011 In Pictures: The Year of the Protester
2011 will be remembered most of all as the year of people power, with unprecedented numbers of ordinary citizens taking to the streets throughout the world to protest against old systems of power. Here...
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Indian Nuclear Plants Raise Earthquake Fears
Madban, India. ©Micha Patault/Picture Tank The Indian town of Jaitapur lies just south of Mumbai, on the coast of the Arabian Sea, in an area of high seismic activity. Nearby, energy multinational...
View ArticleIndia’s Downward Spiral
The world’s biggest democracy is a formidable power in the IT sector. With software exports comprising approximately ten percent of India’s total GDP and a technology sector that employs more than 2.5...
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Internet Memes: The Mythology of Augmented Society
Bloggers here at Cyborgology have explored the Internet meme in interesting ways. Most notably, David Banks analyzed the performative meme, arguing for its function in cultural cohesion, and PJ Rey...
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