Andy Halsall

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    Andy Halsall

    Andy writes about a range of issues and has spoken on civil liberties, mass surveillance, security, digital rights, finance and social equality. He's appeared on TV to talk about privacy, finance and politics. He was responsible for delivering the UK’s first crowd sourced policy initiative in 2012/13. Until recently was the national campaigns officer for a small UK political party, managing election and national political campaigns for local, parliamentary and the 2014 European Elections.

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  • Has online media DOOMED all of humanity?

    Has online media DOOMED all of humanity?0

    From ‘Fake News’ in Trump’s America, the exclusion of experts in Brexit Britain and Russian propaganda, the media battle lines in a war on opinion, have been drawn.  Within our social media bubbles, and in the comment sections of our favourite publications, dissent is not encouraged, sometimes it’s not even permitted. We are, it could

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  • Has the centre DOOMED all of humanity?

    Has the centre DOOMED all of humanity?2

    If I wanted to generalise massively I could suggest that politics in the western, English speaking world is starkly divided: From Trump’s America to Brexit Britain and even on important social issues in Australia and Canada battle lines have been drawn. Dissent is not permitted. We are, it could be said, more divided than ever before.

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  • Crypto-currency. China is forging ahead and breaking chains

    Crypto-currency. China is forging ahead and breaking chains0

    Earlier this week I wrote about the changes to money that crypto-currencies like Bitcoin were offering, as well as the huge possibilities inherent in Ethereum. Part of that was seeing large financial institutions adopt and experiment with the technologies to improve their own offerings.  It seems China may be about to take the technology beyond

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  • Do Hancock’s data reforms cut the mustard?

    Do Hancock’s data reforms cut the mustard?0

    Data protection is getting a shake up in the UK. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is due to be applied in the UK from 25th May 2018. The government has already confirmed that the UK’s decision to leave the EU will not affect the commencement of the GDPR. Now it seems that the

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