There are those who question the idea of debt forgiveness and call it unfair to those who never took out student debt or already paid it off. As an ethicist who studies the morality of debt, I see merit in the question: Should student debt be canceled?
Since the beginning of the health crisis, courts in many countries have been making a technological shift. The number of proceedings filed online have increased and the same holds for virtual trials.
Facebook has responded to Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, saying it “buries the substance in sensationalism”.
Drones of all sizes are being used by environmental advocates to monitor deforestation, by conservationists to track poachers, and by journalists and activists to document large protests.
A famous 1990s New Yorker cartoon showed two dogs at a computer and a caption that read “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”
Unfairness alone is upsetting – upsetting enough to drive people to punish those who have benefited from unfair outcomes.
The commodification of the internet in the early 1990s brought western societies into the digital age and has changed the way consumers interact with commercial enterprises.
US police forces have been turning to technology to track down Black Lives Matter protestors.
Passwords have been used for thousands of years as a means of identifying ourselves to others and in more recent times, to computers.
From internet-connected televisions, toys, fridges, ovens, security cameras, door locks, fitness trackers and lights, the so-called “Internet of Things” (IoT) promises to revolutionise our homes.
- By Colin Rogers
There is a well-known phrase that describes a certain view of police officers. Often abbreviated in graffiti and on placards to “ACAB”, the words “all cops are bastards” have been widely adopted as a response to the way police forces operate.
- By Uri Gal
The recent questioning of the heads of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple in the US Congress has highlighted the threat their practices pose to our privacy and democracy.
As Americans across the nation protest police violence, people have begun to call for cuts or changes in public spending on police.
As survey results pile, it’s becoming clear Australians are sceptical about how their online data is tracked and used. But one question worth asking is: are our fears founded?
Many people look for more privacy when they browse the web by using their browsers in privacy-protecting modes, called “Private Browsing” in Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Apple Safari; “Incognito” in Google Chrome; and “InPrivate” in Microsoft Edge.
In case 2020 wasn’t dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Apple, among others.
Police departments that get more equipment from the military kill more civilians than departments that get less military gear.
Calls to reform, defund or even outright abolish police in the U.S. are coming from many corners of American society.
- By U. Chicago
Police use-of-force policies in the nation’s 20 largest cities fail to meet international human rights standards, according to a new report.
The defunding of America’s heavily armed police forces, a long-term demand of racial justice activists, looks increasingly achievable.
In a 5-to-4 decision that came as a major blow to President Trump, the justices ruled that the administration could not proceed with plans to dismantle Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
Anyone familiar with George Orwell’s novel 1984 will relate to the menace of Big Brother watching their every keystroke and mouse click.