Companies such as Google and Guber are trying to pre-empt laws that protect the rights of human beings, by charging in against them.

I would never consider using Guber, even if it paid drivers decently, because it is a surveillance system.

Surveillance by companies dwarfs the direct surveillance by many governments, and feeds government surveillance, so we must get rid of it.

If we do not want a world of total surveillance that forecloses democracy,

we must make a point of not being surveilled.

The dangerous practice of keeping state dealings secret, simply to protect companies from embarrassment about what they are doing.

Ukraine is being subject to shock capitalism.

Saudi Arabia's bombing of Yemen has damaged UNESCO World Heritage sites, and destroyed a museum with an important research collection.

A UK web site that bypasses government-imposed web censorship is among the most popular sites.