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.
Author: Heather Burns
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.
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.
The war on my screen and in my head and in my heart
A very personal post about the war on Ukraine.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, the Online Safety Bill is the most Conservative law yet. Here’s why.
The output of a system is its function.
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.
Content about a thing is not enticement to do it.
The UK is not going to make itself "the safest place in the world to be online" by censoring encyclopaedias. CW: self-harm / suicidal ideation.
The speculative fiction novel I want to read this year
Something I read in the news inspired this prompt for a story about open source communities and the game of politics. Perhaps you'll be the one to write it. Or stop it from ever happening.
UK tech policy predictions for 2022: pennies dropping everywhere
Following on from this year's 100% accurate predictions (go me!), here's what I see ahead for UK internet regulation in 2022.