China Has Its Eyes on Your Hospital Bed
Communist China is playing the long game. It is past time we started playing ours – and playing to win.
Technology
A Law That Can Be Defeated With a Pen
A critique of the Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill
Snake Eyes at the eKaren Sands
I know this will fall on deaf ears and blind eyes, but Julie, if you’re reading this: at least make your censorship make sense.
This U16 Ban Is a Bad Idea
A response to National’s announcement of legislation to ban u16 social media.
Protect Kids Without an Internet Surveillance Regime
PILLAR opposes government social media ban.
Religion in the Age of Intelligent Machines
They don’t exist yet, but they might one day – then what?
Another One That’s Forever Five Years Away
Quantum computing is facing its own replication crisis.
A Digital First Dystopia
We must ensure the right to paper, the right to conduct business in cash, and freedom of choice. Digital systems should be an option, not a mandate.
The BSA’s Digging Its Own Grave
Two decisions highlight the need for its rapid disestablishment.
Freedom of Speech Is Dying in Europe
When people can speak freely across borders, traditional state propaganda loses its grip, making the subjugation of the internet the primary imperative for modern political control.
Why Oil Keeps Getting More Abundant
Oil deposits may be finite, but human knowledge is not. Freedom, innovation, and entrepreneurship continually transform our use of resources.
Operation Midnight Hammer – Impressive but Fragile
Last year’s attacks on Iran showed American capabilities are impressive – but also fragile.
Cheap Media Voyeurism Feeds the Surveillance Culture
It’s more than the public shaming of unimportant people – it’s a warning that they can do it to you, too.