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A Chinese spy balloon drifting to the ocean after being shot down

Suspected Chinese 'spy balloon' shot down by US fighter jet over sea

6 February 2023

A Chinese balloon that was travelling over the US, including over military sites, was shot down by a fighter jet on 4 February
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Big tech can digitally erase us – do we need new protections?

17 April 2018

In an age when a person's online presence can be quickly removed by technology corporations, there's a case for a new right… to be remembered, says Jamais Cascio
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Hoovering up immigrants' social media data won't make US safer

4 October 2017

A plan to grab immigrants' digital profiles in the US is just another case of the misguided idea that mass surveillance is effective, says Ray Corrigan

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