Asylum-seeker debate goes graphic
April 15, 2014
Early this year, two webcomics depicting Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers were published by opposing sides of the debate.
- “At Work Inside Our Detention Centres: A Guard’s Story,” by Nick Olle and Sam Wallman, was the last story published by The Global Mail.
Bitcoin hack and the dangers of online currency
December 10, 2013
An enormous theft of bitcoin, the growing online currency, has demonstrated the difficulty of recovering stolen web-goods.
BBC News, Nelson Mandela’s death and public service media
December 10, 2013
The BBC has received more than a thousand complaints regarding their coverage of Nelson Mandela’s death, which overshadowed coverage of severe weather across the UK.
Richard Dawkins and easy problems with science journalism
December 9, 2013
Famed biologist Richard Dawkins has responded to a science writer in “Adversarial Journalism and The Selfish Gene,” which respectfully outlines some of the problems with science journalism.
The NSA and its UK-equivilent GCHQ have been spying on the virtual worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life.
Facebook tests feature to recycle old posts
December 1, 2013
The growth of and problems with electronic money
December 1, 2013
As companies like Bitcoin explode in value, speculations as to the future of cryptocurrencies in online spending have increase this last week.
Update to Bloomberg/China Censorship Controversy
December 1, 2013
New information on Bloomberg’s problems with political and self-censorhip in China have arisen, special as to how Bloomberg works to navigate Chinese media regulations.
