Category: TechBrain
EU Helps Romanian Intelligence Agency to Officially Become Big Brother
Thanks to a generous EU grant, Romania’s controversial intelligence agency is mingling stocks of databases from the country’s public institutions to monitor people. That could…
TV News Stations Are Now Old News
As massive batches of viewers, particularly young ones, give up watching traditional TV, the broadcasting business is rapidly crumbling. For television news stations, that is…
Big Brother is Getting Smart
In George Orwell’s 1984, telescreens could capture any sound “above the level of a very low whisper.” Today, that gadget exists. For independent journalism, smart…
Asian Telcos, Worst at Reporting on Anti-Corruption
Telecom behemoths drive technology advancement and help to grow the digital economy. But many of them have serious problems with reining in corruption. Asia leads…
The Constitutional Issues Behind Apple iPhone Dispute: Individuals’ Freedom Is at Stake
Is it right for Apple to refuse a government’s request to create software to snoop into a terrorist’s phone? Three legal experts say it was…
The Most and Least Affordable Internet: From the U.K. to the Central African Republic
Journalists are now able to reach billions of people all over the world. But for many people in the global south, consuming their products is…
Costa Rica: The Biggest Leap in Technology Use in the World
Costa Rica sported the highest growth in technology use worldwide during the past five years. Other, once sluggish, technology markets such as Bahrain, Lebanon and…
Internet Providers in Eastern Europe: Non-Transparent, Dubious, Politically Linked
The Internet has become the new heaven for unheard voices, new forms of commerce and limitless communication across eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union….
Internet Freedom Threatened by Cybercrime Law in Pakistan
Pakistani authorities want to access people’s data stocked online, shut down websites anytime they wish or put people behind bars for trivial activities such as…
Ranking Telcos: Name and Shame Them and They Will Improve
There are several initiatives out there that measure and rank companies. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are ranked according to how they ensure access to medicines and major…