Hi, I’m Heather Burns

— at home in the world.

HeroPress: Going back to my roots

15 March 2017

by Heather Burns

Musings

And that’s how I got here. https://heropress.com/essays/going-back-roots/

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Mar 25, 22

Russian plugin, go fuck yourself

This week 43% of the sites on the open web were briefly breached by Russian military propaganda, and that is not even the worst part of it.

Mar 19, 22

Yes, the UK is trying to Brexit the Internet

You're not crazy: the UK is copying the same tactics it used for Brexit and is pasting them, wholesale, into internet regulation.

Mar 18, 22

A quick take on three pretty terrifying changes to the Online Safety Bill

I wanted to jot down some quick takes on three aspects of the Bill which you need to know, in the sense that you will not be able to sleep tonight once you know them.

Mar 03, 22

The war on my screen and in my head and in my heart

A very personal post about the war on Ukraine.

Feb 13, 22

A peek behind a dark curtain

In an alternate timeline, I've quit my policy work to pose for a photo shoot for a front page broadsheet story about my fictional victimhood.

Feb 11, 22

Why the “Nick Clegg Law” is saying the quiet part out loud

An appeal to the better angels of your nature, wherever you've left them.

Feb 07, 22

The #WildWestWeb fallacy isn’t about ending online harms. It’s about enabling populism.

The trope of the Internet as an "unregulated wild west" is a lie, and those who ply it know it; they need it as a means to a political end.

Feb 02, 22

Yes, the Online Safety Bill is the most Conservative law yet. Here’s why.

The output of a system is its function.

Jan 22, 22

I’m going to help the internet to evolve

After a long cold lonely winter, I'm delighted to join Scotland's own MaidSafe as their Head of Policy and Governance.

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