Category Archives: Defend Internet Freedom

Superinjunctions and Modern Reality

So superinjunctions, a quite recent phenomena, have now come under intense scrutiny here in the UK and exposed to the realities of modern life. Hurrah! If someone is the victim of a superinjunction, they are not only restrained from doing … Continue reading

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Self-Appointed Censors

As 2010 draws to an end it marks roughly the 15th anniversary of the internet. While the initial euphoria about this new, exciting media has become muted, as everyone becomes used to using it, it’s still the new frontier of … Continue reading

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Long Live The Two R’s

Yes, I know. It should be the Three R’s. And that apostrophe shouldn’t be there – but it does make the phrase more easily recognised. I’ve nothing against Arithmetic, in fact I enjoy it, but here I’m only referring to … Continue reading

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Ten Billion Words Plus One

How many words have been published on the internet? Impossible to say, of course, and more words are being added every second at such a rate that it would be impossible to keep count. And it doesn’t matter anyway. But … Continue reading

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

When I was a small boy and my mother read me the story about the Emperor’s new clothes I was intriegued by the notion that so many people could be made to see something that wasn’t there just because they … Continue reading

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The Freedom To Express

Talking about producing work that we can be proud of and that enhances the experience of everyone else who comes across it led me to thinking about the creative urge in general and freedom of expression in particular. Here in … Continue reading

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