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Green does Orwell
In a move seemingly right out of some futuristic nightmare, the Dutch government has announced plans to track every car in The Netherlands. It is all for a good cause, naturally enough. The plan will tax... Privatised Law Enforcement Trampling On Our Justice System
Orwell's 2009: How Privatisation Of Law Enforcement Threatens Our Civil Liberties
Imagine a day not in the far future when the police is legislated into a private corporation independent of the government. Its... 395 views | 11 recommendations | 0 comments
Who Owns the Rights to Your Privacy; Your Digital Trail?
Collective Intelligence is an emerging field that analyzes data gathered from the increasing number of sources that store and track information about people's movements and habits; cell phone calls, GPS units,...Big Brother database recording all our calls, texts and e-mails will 'ruin Br...
There will be no more privacy then... " Plans for a massive database snooping on the entire population were condemned yesterday as a ‘step too far for the British way of life’. In an Orwellian move, the Home Office is proposing to detail every phone call, e-mail,...Example of Ad Monopoly in San Francisco That Has Destroyed Once Positive Comm...
When BART/MUNI Stations (and other public locations and thoroughfares) were first designed and 'sold' to us we were promised ample space for local ads, public service announcements, etc. and some corporate advertising. A reflection of widespread... Orwell at 104
"It's the birthday of the novelist and essayist George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in Bengal, India (1903). He came from a middle class family, but managed to win a scholarship to a distinguished boarding... Police chief slams 'Orwellian' CCTV
"A senior police officer has warned that the proliferation of CCTV cameras risks creating an "Orwellian" society. (Advertisement) Ian Readhead, Deputy Chief Constable of Hampshire Police, said he did not want to live in a country with surveillance on every street corner. He...Nine Inch Nails Goes Deep with Marketing Campaign
Trent Reznor, the brains behind Nine Inch Nails, is utilizing the interactive nature of the web to challenge his fans to piece together his concept album. Brilliant. Can marketing work as a game? Only if it works! "Trent Reznor could have just given a few interviews to...The Clinton/Obama Apple Vid: A NowPublic Round-Up
One of our NowPublic contributors was one of the first web sources to break the story about the unmasking of the creator of the YouTube video depicting Hillary Clinton as Big Brother. Today the blogosphere is...'Big brother' surveillance makes waves in Sweden
"A far-reaching wiretapping programme proposed by Sweden's government to defend against foreign threats, including monitoring emails and telephone calls, has stirred up a fiery debate in the past few weeks, with...Homeland Security revives supersnoop
"Homeland Security officials are testing a supersnoop computer system that sifts through personal information on U.S. citizens to detect possible terrorist attacks, prompting concerns from lawmakers who have...A Dissident Birthday
"It’s the birthday of Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born in Kislovodsk, Russia (1918). He grew up a committed communist, and never questioned the party line. He even brought a copy of Das Kapital along...Reading Dissident Web Sites
POLL ---- Who should be prevented from reading, or allowed to read, dissident web sites?Orwell Today
"Then came Hitler, the Spanish Civil War, etc. By the end of 1935 I had still failed to reach a firm decision. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written..."Watching & Reading: Education is Never Free in the New US
"To track anti-American sentiment all you need is a $10 bucket of paint and a map of the globe. A quick look at the polling data shows that we don't have many supporters left. Take this dramatic example: six out of ten Iraqis favor attacks on US forces, and we liberated them."
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