A piece that Heidi Swart and I did on the security vetting of the SABC News's GE: News and current affairs Moshoeshoe Monare and the broken system that is security vetting in South Africa. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday expressed alarm that #SouthAfrica’s spy agency wants to subject Moshoeshoe Monare, the editor-in-chief of SABC News & SABC News Radio, to additional security vetting & an invasive lie-detector test ahead of the country’s crucial May 29 general election.

Listen to South Africa's representative yesterday in the Hague. Moderate, succinct, humane.

RIP Greg Philo - the fearless activist academic & researcher whose work for the Glasgow University Media Group on news bias and power influenced so many people. Passionate to the end in support of union rights, refugees, Palestinian sovereignty and social justice.

It is with enormous sadness that we at the Glasgow University Media Group Glasgow University Media Group respond to the news that Professor Greg Philo passed early this morning. 1/3

Thank you so much to the .International Union of Scientists (IUS) for having organised this webinar

Israel is helping Southern African states use surveillance to suppress youth-led protests. But is spyware diplomacy actually working? Because Southern African countries are taking an increasingly principled stand against Israeli apartheid and genocide. Jane Duncan

‘You cannot do mass surveillance privately, full stop’: Signal boss hits out at government encryption-busting moves theguardian.com/technology/art…

I've just joined Substack. Here's my first article. It's from some time ago but still relevant, I think... COMMON SECURITY – A SOUTHERN VIEW open.substack.com/pub/barrygilde…

A piece that I did for The Conversation Africa about the poor controls on covert human intelligence surveillance in South Africa UofG Social Sciences South Africa is trying to put a stop to the abuse of its intelligence agencies - what still needs fixing theconversation.com/south-africa-i… via The Conversation Africa

Given the recent astounding claims by ex-Minister Lindiwe Sisulu about "spying on everyone" this piece by Jane Duncan is very timely

[ON-AIR] Denzil Taylor speaks to Professor of Digital Society at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, Jane Duncan on the state of SA's security laws and oversight mechanisms #POWERPerspective

Remembering the Marikana massacre 12 years on, and still no justice. Lest we forget.

People making Glasgow by singing Bellaciao not once, not twice but three times at the .Stand Up to Racism - Scotland counter-protest against the far right in George Square. #NaePasaran #standuptoracism #sutr #Glasgow

We had a great film night yesterday! Thanks especially to speakers K GF 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jane Duncan and Mick Napier

Watching the Watchers: Public Oversight of Digital Surveillance in Africa Submissions are invited for a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies aimed at enhancing public oversight of digital surveillance for intelligence purposes. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 has requested the National Assembly to consider afresh the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Amendment (RICA) Bill out of concern by the President that the draft law may be vulnerable to

Excellent news. Parliament of RSA and The DoJ & CD were wrong in allowing post-surveillance notification to be postponed indefinitely on national security grounds and failing to make the process of issuing Rica interception directions more adversarial.

There was a time, pre-Elon, when Twitter was great for breaking news. A major event is unfolding in New Orleans, and I can barely find it here.

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