Algorithms: "Those strange numerical gods who decide whether or not you’re a terrorist and what kids’ toy is going to set the market on fire this Christmas. But what are they, where did they come from and how did they get so powerful? " (Adbusters magazine)
Some "greatest hits" from 2014. (Journalists Resource)
"No matter how tightly you hold your secrets, Google probably knows." (Washington Post)
Also read: How Google knows what you want to know (Medium.com)
"What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry" (Cory Doctorow, Boingboing)
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"It turns out the police are just as happy to seize algorithmically-bought drugs, too." (Vice)
From Ecce Homo to revenge porn (The Guardian)
"Online harassment is a digital rights issue. At its worst, it causes real and lasting harms to its targets, a fact that must be central to any discussion of harassment." (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Also read: "Twitter's policies explicitly ban violent harassment. But it ignores vile rape and death threats. What gives?" (Salon)
The digital arms race: NSA preps America for future battle (der Spiegel)
GCHQ captured emails of journalists from top international media (The Guardian)
