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Guard jealously: Africa must move at pace with other nations seeking to protect data as a strategic asset. Photo: Dragos Condrea

Africa’s data, the new sovereignty frontier

Data sovereignty refers to the principle that all data is subject to the laws and regulations of the nation state or jurisdiction in which it is collected. This concept gained…

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Trade unions, return to your socialist values and origins

In the days of apartheid, unions fought for more than just wages, they wanted a new society. Now it seems they have abandoned their roots

Edward Snowden, president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. (Matthew Busch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Snowden leaks: 10 years later, US intelligence still collects huge amounts of information

But Edward Snowden’s revelations had lasting impact, advancing privacy protections in Europe and America and accelerating use of encryption

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the SANDF deployment in his 12 February State of the Nation Address.

Pandemics: A social justice issue

Framing coronavirus as a security threat is not the only possible approach

Both Wylie and Snowden realised that what they were doing was profoundly wrong

Steal my data, feed me lies

Snowdon’s book tells the world about his work for the US government, and how he grew disaffected with what they were up to

There is a downside to surveillance, particularly if the data cameras capture falls into the wrong hands. (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Is your smart city spying on you?

Social and surveillance states underline the need for inclusive tech

Vanessa Mae Bondalian Rodel and her daughter Kellapatha Sanuthi Keana Nihinsa, pose after a news conference in Hong Kong in February 2017. (Reuters/Bobby Yip)

Canada takes refugees who sheltered NSA whistle-blower Snowden

Vanessa Rodel and her daughter arrived in Toronto on Monday night after years of harassment in Hong Kong

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announcing the indictments.

If the 12 indicted Russians never face trial in the US, can anything be gained?

The indictments are an important step in the effort to determine what happened during the 2016 US elections

Christopher Wylie is a whistleblower who formerly worked with Cambridge Analytica

Pink-haired whistleblower at heart of Facebook scandal

With Christopher Wylie’s help, Carole Cadwalladr revealed how Cambridge Analytica scooped up data from millions of Facebook users in the US.

Eugene Kaspersky

If we can’t trust Kaspersky, can we trust Microsoft?

An intelligence agency may still break into software companies to backdoor their software, and probably will.

Edward Snowden.

Snowden warns of rise in US domestic spying following Trump’s election victory

The former US spy agency contractor believes democratic checks and balances are losing ground to authoritarianism.

Journalists say that the increase in the US government’s prosecution of officials in leak investigations prompted initial concern

​Hackers will find life a little harder as Chinese satellite safeguard communications

China’s new satellite could change how we communicate, creating messages that disappear when someone tries to hack into them.

‘Soul of soldier’: The United States whistle-blower Edward Snowden features on a new album by Jean-Michel Jarre.

Jarre brings politics to electonica

A pioneer of electronic music, Jean-Michel Jarre has roused crowds, yet at the root of the genre lies a political dimension, he says.

A poster in support of Edward Snowden during one of the many world wide protests after his revelations on the NSA’s work.

Snowden gets a handle on Twitter

“I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public”

Speaking out: Citizenfour tracks the unfolding events as Edward Snowden blew the whistle on US National Security Agency surveillance.
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Citizenfour beats back Big Brother

The screening of the documentary about NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden at SA’s Encounters documentary film festival is timely.

The United Nations special rapporteur on data and privacy protection says South Africa is dragging its feet behind other countries when it comes to implementing legislation that is supposed to safeguard the personal information of citizens.

Calling all whistleblowers: AfriLeaks offers a secure platform

Whistleblowers can now send us tip-offs via afriLeaks, a secure and anonymous method of leaking information to the M&G.

Journalists say that the increase in the US government’s prosecution of officials in leak investigations prompted initial concern

Study shows US data sweep harms press freedom

A study has found that surveillance efforts aimed at thwarting terrorist attacks have undermined press freedom – and broader democratic rights.

Edward Snowden.

UK says spying program that may or may not exist is legal

The British government is being sued for monitoring activities exposed by Edward Snowden, but it maintains that it operates within the law.

Snowden the ‘traitor’ looms over Pulitzers

The United States is polarised over whether newspapers that exposed the extent of the NSA’s spying network should be lauded or condemned.

Internet activist Jacob Appelbaum

SXSW: Assange, surveillance, and the world’s wake-up call

The internet has changed from an apathetic space into a political battlefield. Alistair Fairweather recaps on Julian Assange’s take on this.