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Do you want to live in a surveillance state?
The news that Sky City intends to install facial recognition cameras in its casino, supposedly as part of its Covid -19 contact tracing obligation and that the Police have been…
NZ Covid Tracer App Arrives
The government's contact tracing app, or "digital diary" according to the Prime Minister, has gone live. It seems that once the app is downloaded users are required to scan QR…
Fighting Covid-19 without Undermining our Democratic Values
Covid -19 has been described as the "invisible enemy”. While that is undoubtedly correct, the real dilemma is how we fight this invisible enemy without undermining our long-standing democratic values,…
Life Lessons from the Best Book Store in the World
Unity Book Store, a small book shop on High Street in Auckland has won a huge prize, being named the International Book Store of the Year at the 2020 London…
Covid -19 and Copyright
I hope you are taking care and coping with the difficulties caused by Covid-19. With social distancing and potential self-isolation one benefit might be, that it will enable us to…
Sealegs Saga Ends?
The long-running Sealegs saga seems to have drawn to a close, at least for now, with the Supreme Court declining leave to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision. It did…
Can Social Media be a Genuine Force for Good?
The live streamed March 2019 Christchurch attacks and the more recent synagogue attack in Germany remind us that hate speech and the use of social media platforms to propagate hatred…
The Assault Weapon Dilemma
Since the Christchurch mosque attacks the New Zealand Government has tackled head-on the menace posed by military style weapons in the hands of ordinary citizens. Assault Weapon Buyback and Amnesty…
New Mega API
My interview on TVNZ last night regarding the new Mega API: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/kim-dotcom-launches-new-website-video-5322502
