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Confidentiality Online?

Bill Dutton Broadcasting, Cybersecurity, Digital Policy, General Interest, Internet and Everyday Life , , , , , ,

In the UK, over 100,000 WhatsApp messages between a former health secretary and government ministers during the COVID-19 pandemic were leaked.[1] The former health secretary, Matt Hancock, shared his WhatsApp messages with a journalist, Isabel Oakeshott, with whom he was collaborating on his book entitled Pandemic Diaries (Hancock with Oakeshott 2022). They essentially co-authored the … Continue reading Confidentiality Online?

UNESCO’s Connecting the Dots: Options for Future Action, 3-4 March 2015

Bill Dutton General Interest, Information Communication and the Social Sciences, Internet and Everyday Life, Social Issues , , , , , , ,

UNESCO’s CONNECTing the Dots conference will reflect on a report of UNESCO’s Internet Study, entitled ‘Keystones to foster inclusive Knowledge Societies: Access to information and knowledge, Freedom of Expression, Privacy, and Ethics on a Global Internet’. Representatives from 180 Member States will be present to present and discuss the major themes of this report. It … Continue reading UNESCO’s Connecting the Dots: Options for Future Action, 3-4 March 2015