This special issue brings together the best policy-oriented papers presented at the 2017 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference in Tartu, Estonia.
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This paper examines three historical imaginaries associated with encryption, considering how they are intertwined in contemporary policy debates.
This paper explores how four approaches to cyber security are constructed, motivated and justified by different values such as privacy, economic order and national security and what this means for the actors involved.
This paper discusses resolution of the contested meanings of inclusiveness, accountability and transparency in trade policymaking.
The campaign against Israel’s biometric database demonstrates how civil society can advocate for privacy even when “privacy is dead”.
Internet users need a cyber security mindset, argues William H. Dutton. This paper seeks to explain the concept of a security ‘mindset’ and its social significance.
Do ICANN’s policies and operations have an impact on human rights? Civil society engagement in the organisation seeks to inscribe human rights in internet infrastructure.
This special issue calls to rethink how we conceptualise both internet and governance.
eGovernment upside down
eGovernment researcher Christian Djeffal draws conclusions on a chatbot that is proving useful to citizens… and turning eGovernment on its head.
Speaking of 'disruption of journalism' when talking about big data leaks is "so 2010", finds researcher Stefan Baack. Every major leak since the Afghan war logs has followed the same pattern.