Twitter
- Stand by for a blog from me in which I defend bankers' bonuses. Sort of. 23 hrs ago
- Petition: Protect Workers Making iPhones in Chinese Factories http://t.co/SPGhzrY5 1 day ago
- More updates...
-
Recent
- Bankers Bonuses and the Rule of Law
- #BSDthinks Event Write-up
- Remixing Disney Princesses
- The Websiteless NGO
- On The Censorship of Cricket
- Human Rights Under Attack Again
- The Mealie Mouthed Statement from the #Jaipur Literary Festival
- Sharing Adele on the Internet
- It Was Like A Movie
- How the Depiction of Technology in #Sherlock Captures the Zeitgeist
Phlog
More on www.flickr.comKlog
- Obama interviewed in TIME magazine
If you can keep your head, while all about you are losing theirs, and bla= - Rethinking Information Diversity in Networks
Some claim that social networks act like echo chambers in which people only consume and share information from likeminded close friends, stifling the spread of diverse information. Our study paints a different picture of the world. - Human wormholes and the Great Span
- American specimen book of type styles
Mmm, typefaces. - Colossal City Imagery No 4
More from Colossal - Happy Birthday Stranger
Facebook birthdays - Colossal City Imagery No 3
More from Colossal - Vortograph (Colossal City Imagery No 2)
More city images - Colossal City Imagery No 1
Excellent images - Curating Your Own Life
Those links about Facebook chronicling your life.
- Obama interviewed in TIME magazine
Recent Discussion
Associates
Blogroll
- A List Apart
- A Work In Progress
- Aqoul
- Bearskinrug
- Big Stick Small Carrot
- Chase me ladies, I’m in the cavalry
- Clay Shirky
- Clive Davis
- Conceptual Reality
- Demos Greenhouse
- Devils Kitchen
- Doctor Crippen
- Famous For Fifteen Megapixels
- Girl With A One Track Mind
- Infinitives Unsplit
- Longrider
- Minority Report
- Monbiot.com
- OurKingdom
- Pigdogfucker
- qwghlm
- Robert’s Book Club
- Rowan Paton-Risby
- Ste Curran
- Stewart Hunter
- Strangerpixel
- The Hive
- The Sharpener
- Tim Worstall
- turbanhead
Liberal Conspiracy
The LIP Magazine
Category Archives: Human Rights
Human Rights Under Attack Again
Plenty of Sharp-bait in the media this morning. David Cameron will give a speech today criticising the European Court of Human Rights, for going against the laws and judicial decisions of Council of Europe countries. I’ve argued before, in a … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights
Tagged Cameron, civil liberties, David Cameron, ECHR, human rights, Terrorism
1 Comment
A Tale of Two Authors
Compare how two authors deal with book reviews that they believe to be defamatory. Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law and Order
Tagged Chris McGrath, counter speech, free expression, free speech, libel, Libel Reform, Niall Ferguson, Vaughan Jones
1 Comment
Putting the Power of Censorship in the Hands of the Mob
Cameron’s suggestion that we censor social media, and the Labour call for the banning of this EDL event, will hamstring the fight for free expression elsewhere: “You do it, so why shouldn’t we?” Continue reading
Debating Breivik’s Manifesto
The audio of my appearance on UCB Radio Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Human Rights, Media
Tagged Anders Breivik, counterspeech, free expression, free speech, God, Norway, Religion, Satan
Leave a comment
The Cost of Terrorists and Dictators
Has any single human being, either directly or indirectly, cost the United States more money than Osama bin Laden? Continue reading
Posted in Globalisation, Human Rights, Terrorism, USA
2 Comments
Building Critical Mass for #Fatullayev
It is worth pausing analyse the success of this campaign and unravel the various elements. Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Internet Philosophy
Leave a comment
Where is Prageeth?
While the world turns and changes; while we thrill at global events; for some, life is in stasis. Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Literature, Sri Lanka
Leave a comment
Libel Reform is 190 Years Overdue
Happy Birthday to The Guardian, 190 years old today. In its regular archive feature, the paper presents Its first ever editorial, which features a demand for libel reform: Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Liberal Conspiracy, Media, UK
Leave a comment
Free Eynulla Fatullayev
Yesterday, English PEN took part in a demonstration with other free speech organisations outside the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan. We demanded the release of Eynulla Fatullayev, and editor who was imprisoned for defamation of the state (i.e. criticising … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights
Tagged Azerbaijan, English PEN, Eynulla Fatullayev, free speech
Leave a comment
Free Belarus Now
Michael Murphy pointed out that companies he promotes in Belarus provide local jobs, and lauds the ‘economic opportunity’ that they provide. However, without free expression and democratic checks, this so-called ‘opportunity’ is meaningless, limited only to those who acquiesce to Alexander Lukashenko brutal methods of control. Murphy’s words are hollow, his reasoning unsound and amoral.
Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Theatre
Leave a comment