Listen to an interview on the extent to which Big Brother is watching us all in an age of CCTV, the internet and DNA databases.
Listen to an interview on the extent to which Big Brother is watching us all in an age of CCTV, the internet and DNA databases.
‘Perhaps social media doesn’t kill people, it’s governments that kill people, and Western tech firms just follow the law. But whatever else you use Facebook or Twitter for, don’t believe the hype – they’re not your friends.’
"Surveillance has truly become a global state in its own right. Anybody could tell that by picking up a newspaper."
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With capital punishment debates resurfacing since the Breivik trial, Tony Mckenna argues the death penalty brutalizes not just the individual but the whole society.
In some Indian communities a girl's first period is treated with great fanfare, in others it is a carefully kept secret, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
Alan Hughes can’t believe the nerve of the London Mayor, who’s trying to dupe people into cleaning up the capital ahead of the Olympics.