communications

October 13, 2019

Church of England to help boost digital connectivity in local communities

The Church of England plans to use its buildings and other property to improve broadband, mobile and WiFi connectivity for local communities.
August 27, 2019

Call for immediate release of Jammu and Kashmir political leaders

Amnesty International has called for the release all political leaders and an end to the deliberate silencing of voices in the region.
August 16, 2019

Call for Prime Minister Modi to end lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir

A communications blackout has ensured the Indian government's near-total control over information coming out of the region.
May 25, 2018

People with mental health problems 'failed by companies'

The number of people with mental health problems seeking advice on utilities and communications issues has soared.
February 27, 2018

High Court to hear landmark challenge to 'Snoopers' Charter'

Today the High Court will hear the first part of a landmark legal challenge to the Government’s flagship surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act.
January 12, 2017

Liberty launches crowdfunded legal challenge to mass surveillance powers

The civil liberties and human rights organisation Liberty is launching a landmark legal challenge to the extreme mass surveillance powers in the Government’s new Investigatory Powers Act
January 3, 2015

Pew report highlights key privacy issues in a digital age

The terms of citizenship and social life are rapidly changing in the digital age and no issue highlights this better than privacy.
October 31, 2014

Digital platforms and communications rights

Globethics.net has announced publication of a new book that examines how the world of digital technology is reshaping communications and the implications for society, culture and politics.
January 30, 2014

Methodists make communications a priority in Edinburgh

The City of Edinburgh Methodist Church now has a communications coordinator to raise the profile of the church in Scotland's capital.
November 7, 2013

Language as unfinished business

In his second of six Gifford Lectures on Tuesday 5 November 2013, Dr Rowan Williams landed some rather effective blows on a deterministic view of language, which renders free will obsolete and ends up