Tag Archives: Internet

Deep Packet Inspection and the Confluence of Privacy Regimes

Given how difficult I found it to find successful SSHRC-related research statements (save for through personal contacts) I wanted to post my own statement for others to look at and download if they so wish. Continue reading

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Twitter and Statutory Notions of Privacy

Given the norms of digital networks such as Twitter, which emphasis sharing and collective knowledge development, is a control metaphor accompanied by a strong regulatory body well suited for developing a ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’ in Cyberspace? I would suggest that they are not, at least not as presented by these texts. Continue reading

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Follow-up: Newspapers and Business Models

I’m not trying to suggest that all ‘big media’ journalism is bad. At the same time, few editors (now) want to actually spend the money on deep investigative reporting (or, alternately, have the budgets to afford such investigative work) – most reporting is a quick noting of facts at a surface level. The problem (as I see it) is that when news sites close themselves off from the world they are asserting that they will rely on a business model that, at this point, has failed them. Continue reading

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Newspapers: Effects of Closing their Content Ecosystem?

I rely on other people to produce content for me to consume, and I reciprocate by providing my own content (via this blog, government submissions, submissions to alternative news sites, interviews on radio, etc.) to the public. I see this … Continue reading

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