Information Policy

What will the future of education look like?

One of the most hotly discussed topics in higher education is the role and future of online education. For the traditional university, does the emergence of online education represent a threat or an opportunity?

Islamic State Uses Social Media to Groom British Muslim Girls: Report

Islamic State is using social media and the promise of adventure to lure British Muslim girls to join its cause, an anti-extremism think tank said on Monday, as police attempt to trace three London schoolgirls believed to be heading to Syria.

Chaos and Control: The Competing Tensions of Internet Governance in Iran

Kyle Bowen, an LSE Media and Communications alumnus who is now a researcher at Small Media, an NGO that seeks the free flow of information, particularly in Iran, discusses the implications of a new report on Iran’s approach to internet governance.

New Zeland: Study finds need for education about online privacy

The final report of a major national study on how New Zealanders manage their personal information in online commercial transactions, online government transactions and on social networking sites, is being released today. Led by Professor Miriam Lips, Chair in e-Government, School of Government at Victoria University, and commissioned by the Department of Internal Affairs, the report is based on in-depth qualitative interviews and focus groups that delve deeper into the insights gained from a nationwide survey published last year.

When online censorship is beautiful

By John D. Sutter

Imagine flying over The Netherlands and seeing one of the fat-pixeled images from the gallery above.

It would be hard not to smile, right?

I mean, what is that alien thing?

An oversized kaleidoscope?

A rip in the Matrix?

Some kind of freakish, town-sized cauliflower?