Let’s pretend we don’t exist – Does it matter if we’re being lied to online?
Apr 10 2009
Posted by Martin as Ethics, Internet, Manchester Social Media Cafe
As our use of the internet evolves, questions of online and offline identity become more important. Maybe a little mild deception might be fun?
Tuesday night saw the latest meeting of Manchester’s Social Media Cafe. One of the talks was run by Futuresonic festival founder Drew Hemment. Although the talk was supposed to be about the [...]
When people look back at the Noughties, they will certainly be remembered as a significant decade. The first few years of the 21st Century have provided their fair share of noteworthy events but history is bound to look back at the stupid things we did too. Let’s face it, lots of important things happened in [...]
The past couple of years have seen increasing numbers of news stories and scandals involving members of the public’s privacy being compromised. As we immerse ourselves ever-deeper in a digital world where much of what we do is recorded – by CCTV, web server logs, computerised medical records and much more – the opportunities [...]
