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A very bad idea…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/banning-kids-from-social-media-a-very-bad-idea/", "published_at": "2025-12-03T11:09:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae1d86d07", "title": "Digital ID cards – some of the issues…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/digital-id-cards-some-of-the-issues/", "published_at": "2025-09-29T13:30:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae2d6186e", "title": "Riots and social media regulation – some thoughts", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/riots-and-social-media-regulation-some-thoughts/", "published_at": "2024-08-15T14:23:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae3ac86c0", "title": "Digital ID cards, and why we should be nervous…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/digital-id-cards-and-why-we-should-be-nervous/", "published_at": "2024-07-09T08:28:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae4670ce2", "title": "Do we even need an Online Safety Bill?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2022/03/18/do-we-even-need-an-online-safety-bill/", "published_at": "2022-03-18T10:51:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae50f7fb8", "title": "The gaping void at the heart of the Online Safety Bill", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/the-gaping-void-at-the-heart-of-the-online-safety-bill/", "published_at": "2022-03-16T09:12:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae5fbe626", "title": "In praise of hiding..", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2022/01/21/in-praise-of-hiding/", "published_at": "2022-01-21T14:04:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae6188161", "title": "Who needs privacy?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/who-needs-privacy/", "published_at": "2022-01-17T07:47:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae6545f50", "title": "BT’s ‘Walk me home’: tech solutionism at its worst", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2021/10/10/bts-walk-me-home-tech-solutionism-at-its-worst/", "published_at": "2021-10-10T12:03:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-bef2-70a0-876b-f1eae66ac0bc", "title": "Children need anonymity and encryption!", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2021/09/16/children-need-anonymity-and-encryption/", "published_at": "2021-09-16T19:23:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d40f63aab", "title": "Verified IDs for social media? I don’t think so….", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/verified-ids-for-social-media-i-dont-think-so/", "published_at": "2021-07-13T16:43:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d41ae0516", "title": "Real Names: the wrong tool for the wrong problem", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2021/03/18/real-names-the-wrong-tool-for-the-wrong-problem/", "published_at": "2021-03-18T12:17:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d42411922", "title": "Why a real names policy won’t solve trolling", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2021/02/01/why-a-real-names-policy-wont-solve-trolling/", "published_at": "2021-02-01T18:07:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d42d451bd", "title": "Our Dom", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/our-dom/", "published_at": "2020-05-30T14:39:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d435f110e", "title": "Contact tracing, privacy, magical thinking – and trust!", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2020/05/07/contact-tracing-privacy-magical-thinking-and-trust/", "published_at": "2020-05-07T13:28:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d43c1e586", "title": "what do we know and what should we do about…? internet privacy", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/what-do-we-know-and-what-should-we-do-about-internet-privacy/", "published_at": "2020-02-26T08:20:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d442cc7ee", "title": "For Brexit", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/for-brexit/", "published_at": "2020-01-16T20:47:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d449f401c", "title": "The BBC’s problems are no conspiracy theory…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2019/12/04/the-bbcs-problems-are-no-conspiracy-theory/", "published_at": "2019-12-04T14:18:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d45744fd1", "title": "Tories, Twitter and Fake News", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/tories-twitter-and-fake-news/", "published_at": "2019-11-21T10:28:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcc-5013-73ce-959a-623d45fdfb10", "title": "Response to Online Harms White Paper", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/response-to-online-harms-white-paper/", "published_at": "2019-07-03T09:29:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc254db867", "title": "Impartiality and the BBC…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2019/03/30/impartiality-and-the-bbc/", "published_at": "2019-03-30T07:38:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc25793659", "title": "SLS 2019 – University of Central Lancashire, Preston", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/sls-2019-university-of-central-lancashire-preston/", "published_at": "2019-03-04T08:20:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc26116ef2", "title": "Corbyn and those European Courts", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/corbyn-and-those-european-courts/", "published_at": "2019-01-14T16:10:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc2668cb72", "title": "Fake with Jake…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/12/22/fake-with-jake/", "published_at": "2018-12-22T07:46:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc26b9e47c", "title": "Fake news and fake vicars…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/fake-news-and-fake-vicars/", "published_at": "2018-12-04T08:28:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc26c3d6e8", "title": "A few words on Freedom of Movement…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/11/23/a-few-words-on-freedom-of-movement/", "published_at": "2018-11-23T07:19:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc27386ebd", "title": "The Internet, Warts and All: Free Speech, Privacy and Truth", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/08/16/the-internet-warts-and-all-free-speech-privacy-and-truth/", "published_at": "2018-08-16T08:12:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc27c596ef", "title": "Guest Post: Upskirting and Human Rights", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/guest-post-upskirting-and-human-rights/", "published_at": "2018-06-15T17:40:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc2835cfe1", "title": "Guest post: Data Retention: I can’t believe it’s not lawful, can you? A response to Anthony Speaight QC", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/guest-post-data-retention-i-cant-believe-its-not-lawful-can-you-a-response-to-anthony-speaight-qc/", "published_at": "2018-03-02T18:14:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd2-2eda-71c4-9252-65fc2873a86f", "title": "A few words on the University strike…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/a-few-words-on-the-university-strike/", "published_at": "2018-02-26T07:51:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695ae326ea9", "title": "Free speech, safe spaces and hypocrisy", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/02/06/free-speech-safe-spaces-and-hypocrisy/", "published_at": "2018-02-06T09:39:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695ae936b07", "title": "Guest Post: Your Immigration Status, Please!", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/guest-post-your-immigration-status-please/", "published_at": "2018-01-09T09:14:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695af034374", "title": "The Twelve Days of Brexit", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/12/09/the-twelve-days-of-brexit/", "published_at": "2017-12-09T20:58:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695afc2d85c", "title": "John Lewis, Brexit… and Goldilocks!", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/09/04/john-lewis-brexit-and-goldilocks/", "published_at": "2017-09-04T13:04:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695b0ad0e08", "title": "Listen to the privacy geeks…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/listen-to-the-privacy-geeks/", "published_at": "2017-07-06T05:51:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695b10b47f8", "title": "A poem for Brexit", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/a-poem-for-brexit/", "published_at": "2017-06-23T16:00:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695b1968c96", "title": "The Return of Mr Gove!", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/the-return-of-mr-gove/", "published_at": "2017-06-12T14:10:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695b27371a0", "title": "A few words on Labour", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/a-few-words-on-labour/", "published_at": "2017-06-10T09:15:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695b30ed647", "title": "A disturbing plan for control…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/a-disturbing-plan-for-control/", "published_at": "2017-05-19T13:08:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-d302-71ea-b5da-9695b31659dd", "title": "Privacy and Security together…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/privacy-and-security-together/", "published_at": "2017-04-20T14:28:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-1b3f-71a1-8530-5142e43af413", "title": "The internet, privacy and terrorism…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/the-internet-privacy-and-terrorism/", "published_at": "2017-03-25T20:56:40+00:00" 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"2016-11-15T13:59:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-1b3f-71a1-8530-5142e7abf787", "title": "Five reasons NOT to use Facebook posts for insurance premiums…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/five-reasons-not-to-use-facebook-posts-for-insurance-premiums/", "published_at": "2016-11-02T10:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-1b3f-71a1-8530-5142e85a470e", "title": "Brexit and consequences…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/brexit-and-consequences/", "published_at": "2016-10-08T09:16:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-1b3f-71a1-8530-5142e8b54cc2", "title": "A poem for Theresa May", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/a-poem-for-theresa-may/", "published_at": "2016-10-06T17:10:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-1b3f-71a1-8530-5142e8bff9eb", "title": "Warning signs – and surveillance…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/warning-signs-and-surveillance/", "published_at": "2016-10-05T08:51:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-1b3f-71a1-8530-5142e943ce00", "title": "A better debate on surveillance?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/a-better-debate-on-surveillance/", "published_at": "2016-09-21T17:59:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-82143c55d205", "title": "More on Corbyn’s Digital Manifesto…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/more-on-corbyns-digital-manifesto/", "published_at": "2016-09-08T07:55:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-82143d2940a5", "title": "Dear Labour MPs and Members", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/07/26/dear-labour-mps-and-members/", "published_at": "2016-07-26T08:32:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-82143d683dfe", "title": "Guest post: Turkey, the ECHR and the Death Penalty", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/guest-post-turkeythe-echr-and-the-death-penalty/", "published_at": "2016-07-22T10:46:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-82143e23ca6b", "title": "A wish and a prayer", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/a-wish-and-a-prayer/", "published_at": "2016-07-07T08:12:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-82143ec024e7", "title": "Dear Labour Plotters", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/dear-labour-plotters/", "published_at": "2016-06-27T05:49:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-82143f306c9d", "title": "Guest post: The Wrong Prison! Sending trans women to male prisons is a breach of the ECHR", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/guest-post-the-wrong-prison-sending-trans-women-to-male-prisons-is-a-breach-of-the-echr/", "published_at": "2016-06-09T07:14:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-8214401d8279", "title": "How not to reclaim the internet…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/how-not-to-reclaim-the-internet/", "published_at": "2016-05-27T08:17:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-821440ed74e4", "title": "Whittingdale – missing privacy points.", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/whittingdale-missing-privacy-points/", "published_at": "2016-04-14T09:27:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-821441ce581d", "title": "Panama, privacy and power…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/panama-privacy-and-power/", "published_at": "2016-04-07T18:56:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-185d-73c2-8567-8214427c50f4", "title": "Internet Connection Records: answering the wrong question?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/internet-connection-records-answering-the-wrong-question/", "published_at": "2016-03-16T09:53:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531baf8cd8e", "title": "Labour and the #IPBill", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/labour-and-the-ipbill/", "published_at": "2016-03-13T11:12:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531bb9fd305", "title": "A little more on #IPBill encryption…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/a-little-more-on-ipbill-encryption/", "published_at": "2016-03-04T16:45:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531bbc5b989", "title": "The IP Bill: opaqueness on encryption?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/03/03/the-ip-bill-opaqueness-on-encryption/", "published_at": "2016-03-03T16:00:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531bc8def0b", "title": "An independent review body for the IP Bill?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/an-independent-review-body-for-the-ip-bill/", "published_at": "2016-03-02T18:04:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531bc9d8e2e", "title": "The new IP Bill…. first thoughts…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/the-new-ip-bill-first-thoughts/", "published_at": "2016-03-01T17:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531bcd25c58", "title": "Brexit: straw men and pipe dreams", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/brexit-straw-men-and-pipe-dreams/", "published_at": "2016-02-23T06:26:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531bd21f994", "title": "Why is Apple fighting the FBI?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/why-is-apple-fighting-the-fbi/", "published_at": "2016-02-19T12:58:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531bd713a7c", "title": "The Internet is not a Telephone System", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/the-internet-is-not-a-telephone-system/", "published_at": "2016-02-17T18:41:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531bdf95db4", "title": "The Saga Of the Privacy Shield…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/the-saga-of-the-privacy-shield/", "published_at": "2016-02-09T06:47:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddf-d5da-7388-af48-e531be368de2", "title": "Time to change Twitter, or #RIPTwitter?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/time-to-change-twitter-or-riptwitter/", "published_at": "2016-02-07T09:57:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a0a76776", "title": "No Grants, No Fair? – Guest post by Super Cyan…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/no-grants-no-fair-guest-post-by-super-cyan/", "published_at": "2016-01-19T18:33:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a1a2cae1", "title": "Does the UK engage in ‘mass surveillance’?", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/does-the-uk-engage-in-mass-surveillance/", "published_at": "2016-01-15T07:45:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a1bdff3e", "title": "Global letter on Encryption – why it matters.", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/global-letter-on-encryption-why-it-matters/", "published_at": "2016-01-11T16:02:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a1dc6dee", "title": "Investigatory Powers Bill – my written submission", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/investigatory-powers-bill-my-written-submission/", "published_at": "2016-01-07T13:14:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a26a38f7", "title": "The Twelve Days of Corbyn", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/the-twelve-days-of-corbyn/", "published_at": "2015-12-22T14:17:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a2dc74c2", "title": "#IPBill Christmas cards… the collection…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/ipbill-christmas-cards-the-collection/", "published_at": "2015-12-22T10:51:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a35a77e5", "title": "Happy Christmas from the IP Bill – Part 5", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/happy-christmas-from-the-ip-bill-part-5/", "published_at": "2015-12-21T12:45:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a3b598a9", "title": "Happy Christmas from the IP Bill – part 4", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/happy-christmas-from-the-ip-bill-part-4/", "published_at": "2015-12-20T13:34:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a3c27707", "title": "Happy Christmas from the IP Bill – part 3", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/happy-christmas-from-the-ip-bill-part-3/", "published_at": "2015-12-20T11:12:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-544e-7006-9f16-10e6a436d732", "title": "Happy Christmas from the IP Bill – part 2", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/happy-christmas-from-the-ip-bill-part-2/", "published_at": "2015-12-20T10:40:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d397d60641c", "title": "Happy Christmas from the IP Bill", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/happy-christmas-from-the-ip-bill/", "published_at": "2015-12-19T10:39:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d397d8400f3", "title": "Finding Proportionality in Surveillance Laws – Guest post by Andrew Murray", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/11/finding-proportionality-in-surveillance-laws-guest-post-by-andrew-murray/", "published_at": "2015-12-11T17:41:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d397e5d396f", "title": "Notes from the IP Bill Committee session", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/notes-from-the-ip-bill-committee-session/", "published_at": "2015-12-09T10:04:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d397ed48130", "title": "Paris…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/paris/", "published_at": "2015-11-14T15:21:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d397fb82fa3", "title": "Surveillance: thinking outside the box", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/11/09/surveillance-thinking-outside-the-box/", "published_at": "2015-11-09T07:07:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d397fbf9ddb", "title": "A few words on ‘Internet Connection Records’", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/a-few-words-on-internet-connection-records/", "published_at": "2015-11-05T10:11:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d397ff83b43", "title": "A ‘mature debate’ on surveillance? Yes please!", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/a-mature-debate-on-surveillance-yes-please/", "published_at": "2015-10-29T06:46:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d39805b5d4b", "title": "MPs, privacy and the Wilson Doctrine", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/mps-privacy-and-the-wilson-doctrine/", "published_at": "2015-10-16T08:39:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d39808a6b4d", "title": "In praise of U-turns…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/in-praise-of-u-turns/", "published_at": "2015-10-13T20:33:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-b273-7309-bf1c-1d398148cdd7", "title": "Dear Tristram Hunt", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/dear-tristram-hunt/", "published_at": "2015-10-09T12:13:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d93c035bdf", "title": "The Surveillance Elephant in the Room…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/the-surveillance-elephant-in-the-room/", "published_at": "2015-10-07T06:06:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d93ca9d2db", "title": "The ethical case for ad-blocking", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/the-ethical-case-for-ad-blocking/", "published_at": "2015-10-04T10:49:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d93d34b052", "title": "Ethical policing of the internet – part 2", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/09/10/ethical-policing-of-the-internet-part-2/", "published_at": "2015-09-10T09:02:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d93dcaf5a1", "title": "The Labour Purge…. and social media privacy.", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/the-labour-purge-and-social-media-privacy/", "published_at": "2015-08-27T07:58:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d93e8900d6", "title": "Neither ‘moderates’ nor ‘ modernisers’…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/neither-moderates-nor-modernisers/", "published_at": "2015-07-27T14:27:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d93f68106b", "title": "The Labour Leadership Saga…", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/the-labour-leadership-saga/", "published_at": "2015-07-26T16:38:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d93fe86837", "title": "A ten point plan for the anti-Corbyn campaign.", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/a-ten-point-plan-for-the-anti-corbyn-campaign/", "published_at": "2015-07-24T15:37:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d940a32c0b", "title": "Hollow Labour….", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/hollow-labour/", "published_at": "2015-07-20T16:02:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d94182c571", "title": "DRIPA overturned…. an explanation and comment", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/dripa-overturned-an-explanation-and-comment/", "published_at": "2015-07-17T14:41:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-3987-719f-b68c-60d941e573fa", "title": "Blair, Elvis and the Labour Leadership Contest", "url": "https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/blair-elvis-and-the-labour-leadership-contest/", "published_at": "2015-07-09T19:16:08+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

Banning kids from social media? A very bad idea…original ↗
3 Dec 2025
Digital ID cards – some of the issues…original ↗
29 Sept 2025

2024

Riots and social media regulation – some thoughtsoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2024
Digital ID cards, and why we should be nervous…original ↗
9 Jul 2024

2022

Do we even need an Online Safety Bill?original ↗
18 Mar 2022
The gaping void at the heart of the Online Safety Billoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2022
In praise of hiding..original ↗
21 Jan 2022
Who needs privacy?original ↗
17 Jan 2022

2021

BT’s ‘Walk me home’: tech solutionism at its worstoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2021
Children need anonymity and encryption!original ↗
16 Sept 2021
Verified IDs for social media? I don’t think so….original ↗
13 Jul 2021
Real Names: the wrong tool for the wrong problemoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2021
Why a real names policy won’t solve trollingoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2021

2020

Our Domoriginal ↗
30 May 2020
Contact tracing, privacy, magical thinking – and trust!original ↗
7 May 2020
what do we know and what should we do about…? internet privacyoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2020
For Brexitoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2020

2019

The BBC’s problems are no conspiracy theory…original ↗
4 Dec 2019
Tories, Twitter and Fake Newsoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2019
Response to Online Harms White Paperoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2019
Impartiality and the BBC…original ↗
30 Mar 2019
SLS 2019 – University of Central Lancashire, Prestonoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2019
Corbyn and those European Courtsoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2019

2018

Fake with Jake…original ↗
22 Dec 2018
Fake news and fake vicars…original ↗
4 Dec 2018
A few words on Freedom of Movement…original ↗
23 Nov 2018
The Internet, Warts and All: Free Speech, Privacy and Truthoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2018
Guest Post: Upskirting and Human Rightsoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2018
Guest post: Data Retention: I can’t believe it’s not lawful, can you? A response to Anthony Speaight QCoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2018
A few words on the University strike…original ↗
26 Feb 2018
Free speech, safe spaces and hypocrisyoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2018
Guest Post: Your Immigration Status, Please!original ↗
9 Jan 2018

2017

The Twelve Days of Brexitoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2017
John Lewis, Brexit… and Goldilocks!original ↗
4 Sept 2017
Listen to the privacy geeks…original ↗
6 Jul 2017
A poem for Brexitoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2017
The Return of Mr Gove!original ↗
12 Jun 2017
A few words on Labouroriginal ↗
10 Jun 2017
A disturbing plan for control…original ↗
19 May 2017
Privacy and Security together…original ↗
20 Apr 2017
The internet, privacy and terrorism…original ↗
25 Mar 2017
Blinded… a short poem for World Poetry Dayoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2017
Closed borders and closing minds?original ↗
20 Feb 2017

2016

The Investigatory Powers Act: still a question of trust…original ↗
7 Dec 2016
Guest post: A rebuttal of what constitutes discriminationoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2016
Five reasons NOT to use Facebook posts for insurance premiums…original ↗
2 Nov 2016
Brexit and consequences…original ↗
8 Oct 2016
A poem for Theresa Mayoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2016
Warning signs – and surveillance…original ↗
5 Oct 2016
A better debate on surveillance?original ↗
21 Sept 2016
More on Corbyn’s Digital Manifesto…original ↗
8 Sept 2016
Dear Labour MPs and Membersoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2016
Guest post: Turkey, the ECHR and the Death Penaltyoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2016
A wish and a prayeroriginal ↗
7 Jul 2016
Dear Labour Plottersoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2016
Guest post: The Wrong Prison! Sending trans women to male prisons is a breach of the ECHRoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2016
How not to reclaim the internet…original ↗
27 May 2016
Whittingdale – missing privacy points.original ↗
14 Apr 2016
Panama, privacy and power…original ↗
7 Apr 2016
Internet Connection Records: answering the wrong question?original ↗
16 Mar 2016
Labour and the #IPBilloriginal ↗
13 Mar 2016
A little more on #IPBill encryption…original ↗
4 Mar 2016
The IP Bill: opaqueness on encryption?original ↗
3 Mar 2016
An independent review body for the IP Bill?original ↗
2 Mar 2016
The new IP Bill…. first thoughts…original ↗
1 Mar 2016
Brexit: straw men and pipe dreamsoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2016
Why is Apple fighting the FBI?original ↗
19 Feb 2016
The Internet is not a Telephone Systemoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2016
The Saga Of the Privacy Shield…original ↗
9 Feb 2016
Time to change Twitter, or #RIPTwitter?original ↗
7 Feb 2016
No Grants, No Fair? – Guest post by Super Cyan…original ↗
19 Jan 2016
Does the UK engage in ‘mass surveillance’?original ↗
15 Jan 2016
Global letter on Encryption – why it matters.original ↗
11 Jan 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill – my written submissionoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2016

2015

The Twelve Days of Corbynoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2015
#IPBill Christmas cards… the collection…original ↗
22 Dec 2015
Happy Christmas from the IP Bill – Part 5original ↗
21 Dec 2015
Happy Christmas from the IP Bill – part 4original ↗
20 Dec 2015
Happy Christmas from the IP Bill – part 3original ↗
20 Dec 2015
Happy Christmas from the IP Bill – part 2original ↗
20 Dec 2015
Happy Christmas from the IP Billoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2015
Finding Proportionality in Surveillance Laws – Guest post by Andrew Murrayoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2015
Notes from the IP Bill Committee sessionoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2015
Paris…original ↗
14 Nov 2015
Surveillance: thinking outside the boxoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2015
A few words on ‘Internet Connection Records’original ↗
5 Nov 2015
A ‘mature debate’ on surveillance? Yes please!original ↗
29 Oct 2015
MPs, privacy and the Wilson Doctrineoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2015
In praise of U-turns…original ↗
13 Oct 2015
Dear Tristram Huntoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2015
The Surveillance Elephant in the Room…original ↗
7 Oct 2015
The ethical case for ad-blockingoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2015
Ethical policing of the internet – part 2original ↗
10 Sept 2015
The Labour Purge…. and social media privacy.original ↗
27 Aug 2015
Neither ‘moderates’ nor ‘ modernisers’…original ↗
27 Jul 2015
The Labour Leadership Saga…original ↗
26 Jul 2015
A ten point plan for the anti-Corbyn campaign.original ↗
24 Jul 2015
Hollow Labour….original ↗
20 Jul 2015
DRIPA overturned…. an explanation and commentoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2015
Blair, Elvis and the Labour Leadership Contestoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2015
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