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How a global board games giant exploited Ireland’s Magdalene women

The penance industry

16/06/2017

The penance industry

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We need to find a way to talk about psychosis the way we talk about depression

There’s a huge gulf between the way people think about – and the way people treat – these conditions

16/06/2017

There’s a huge gulf between the way people think about – and the way people treat – these conditions

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How big data is changing history

Technology is transforming how we see the past

16/06/2017

Technology is transforming how we see the past

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How campaigning can change our attitude to mass surveillance

"As citizens, we need to make mass population surveillance as unacceptable as the use of landmines, or the use of CFCs."

16/06/2017

"As citizens, we need to make mass population surveillance as unacceptable as the use of landmines, or the use of CFCs."

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Twitter and the revenge of the below-the-line commenter

The demise of the website comment section has meant users vent their anger elsewhere, and it's not pretty

16/06/2017

The demise of the website comment section has meant users vent their anger elsewhere, and it's not pretty

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The Investigatory Powers Bill is an illiberal mess - why won't Labour oppose it?

The proposed new law is a menace to privacy

16/06/2017

The proposed new law is a menace to privacy

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Cory Doctorow's manifesto for hope

Governments and technology exist to serve us, not the other way round

16/06/2017

Governments and technology exist to serve us, not the other way round

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Trump, Putin and the rise of the Macho International

Donald Trump is just the most visible manifestation of a self-pitying misogynistic ideology

16/06/2017

Donald Trump is just the most visible manifestation of a self-pitying misogynistic ideology

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Investigatory Powers Bill: How did we get here?

Theresa May is making another bid to increase Britain's surveillance powers. In the first of a series of articles, James Ball looks at where the Investigatory Powers bill came from

16/06/2017

Theresa May is making another bid to increase Britain's surveillance powers. In the first of a series of articles, James Ball looks at where the Investigatory Powers bill came from

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How a Moroccan immigrant died in a British detention centre

Negligence and indifference to the plight of immigrants culminated in a lonely death for one Moroccan man

16/06/2017

Negligence and indifference to the plight of immigrants culminated in a lonely death for one Moroccan man

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