Publications

The House of Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has doubled down on his attempt to block the release of emails he sent to Israeli politicians. Hoyle flew to Israel on a “solidarity visit” in November 2023 and was photographed with the country’s ambassad...

Many countries are currently tackling above average piracy rates, usually with a mix of education, site blocking, civil action, and criminal enforcement, but not necessarily in that order. Typically, members of the public are warned that purchasing a...

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There hasn’t been much to report on the Piracy Shield front in recent weeks. After Napoli walked away with the title back in May, the Serie A season began winding down ahead of preparations to do it all over again in August. Unlike Serie A’s football...

Tony Blair considered establishing a “privileged Israeli partnership” with Nato and the European Union, newly released British government documents show. A confidential Downing Street paper, drawn up in October 2004, also considered the idea of allo...

Español The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to p...

Sometimes technology feels like a gilded cage, and you’re not the one holding the key. Most people can’t live off the grid, so how do we stop data brokers who track and exploit you for money? Tech companies that distort what you see and hear? Governm...

Español When a technology can have a conversation with you, it’s natural to anthropomorphize that technology—to see it as a person. It’s tempting to see a chatbot as a thinking, speaking robot, but this gives the technology too much credit. This ca...

Movie studio Voltage Pictures has targeted alleged movie pirates in court for well over a decade. The company and its subsidiaries filed numerous lawsuits against internet subscribers in the United States, Australia, and Europe, using various strateg...

When the Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse was denied entry to Hong Kong in April, British journalists dusted off their usual line on the territory. Hong Kong used to be British, which means free, democratic and good, the trope goes. Now, it’s becomi...