Here’s why tech companies abuse our data: because we let them
Brett Frischmann
In the pursuit of ever-faster online transactions, we have facilitated surveillance capitalism – it’s time to create some friction, says law professor Brett Frischmann
How Facebook got into a mess – and why it can’t get out of it
John Naughton
Mark Zuckerberg will be hauled before Congress this week. He’ll apologise – but his company doesn’t know how to change its brand of ‘surveillance capitalism’
First past the post leaves UK elections uniquely vulnerable to data hijack
Brian Eno
Political parties, in league with tech firms, target voters in a few marginal seats to sway national results. This isn’t democracy, says musician Brian Eno
March 2018
After the Facebook scandal it’s time to base the digital economy on public v private ownership of data
Evgeny Morozov
'Tech CEOs are like cult leaders' – the artists taking on Facebook and big data
Facebook: is it time we all deleted our accounts?
The Cambridge Analytica Files
‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower
The Cambridge Analytica Files
Cambridge Analytica: links to Moscow oil firm and St Petersburg university
The Cambridge Analytica Files
How Cambridge Analytica turned Facebook ‘likes’ into a lucrative political tool
Big data for the people: it's time to take it back from our tech overlords
The tyranny of algorithms is part of our lives: soon they could rate everything we do
John Harris
February 2018
Vodafone to track users in Ghana to halt spread of epidemics
Data is the new lifeblood of capitalism – don't hand corporate America control
January 2018
The big tech backlash
Tech giants are drawing political fire over fake news and Russian meddling
December 2017
Political science
Data will change the world, and we must get its governance right
Daniel Zeichner
The chancellor’s announcement of a new centre for data ethics is welcome. But we must ensure that it has the power to address the ethical issues it identified
Partnerships in practice
Digital disruption: the role of tech entrepreneurs in improving healthcare
Join us for a panel discussion on technology in the NHS on Wednesday 7 February in London
The digital hippies want to integrate life and work – but not in a good way
Evgeny Morozov
Data firms such as the rapidly expanding WeWork hope to blur the line between home and office. That won’t be any help to staff
October 2017
Why we need a 21st-century Martin Luther to challenge the church of tech
It’s 500 years since Martin Luther defied the authority of the Catholic church. It’s time for a similar revolt against the hypocrisy of the religion of technology
Trump, Assange, Bannon, Farage… bound together in an unholy alliance
Carole Cadwalladr
The WikiLeaks founder’s astonishing admission should prompt MPs finally to start asking questions
Partnerships in practice
The NHS needs a digitally savvy workforce to ensure its survival
Harpreet Sood
Frontline staff are frustrated they can’t make more use of digital tools and data but a new academy could help by training 300 technology leaders
