Safe Harbor Is Officially Dead
Data protection, privacy and retention have been hot topics for a long time, but the latest decision from the ECJ has effectively killed off "Safe Harbor" Here's the decision (apparently a "media version" pending the release
Snowden Joins Twitter – Internet Explodes!
Edward Snowden joined Twitter today https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/648890134243487744 and was immediately granted a verified account. The guys over at Radix must be delighted, as his profile link points to a .press domain - freedom.press And he's already poking
John Oliver Interviews Edward Snowden
Last night's episode of "Last Week Tonight" was longer than normal due to John Oliver doing a special segment on government surveillance. The segment included a lengthy in person interview with Edward Snowden that John Oliver
Digital Rights Europe Conference will Focus on Practicalities [Audio]
Blacknight is sponsoring the inaugural Digital Rights Europe Conference, in Dublin on April 15 (and we're giving a 50% discount on the tickets - see below!) Antóin Ó Lachtnáin is on the organising team and he joins us on today's podcast. Click on
A Golden Age of Journalism? Interview with Malachy Browne of Reported.ly [Audio]
Malachy Browne is our guest on today's podcast. With a solid background in both journalism and technology, he worked for Village magazine and co-founded Politico.ie before joining Storyful as News Editor. In December he joined international news startup Reported.ly,
Fadi Chehadé Reacts to US Government Announcement
Last night the US government made a historic announcement. You can read the press release here. There'll be a LOT of media coverage of this announcement in the coming days and weeks. ICANN's CEO Fadi Chehadé recorded
