Knowledgebytes
Why we need to think carefully about data collection practices
May 16, 2019. Due to well-publicized scandals – from Snowden to Cambridge Analytica – as well as new privacy regulations (chief amongst them GDPR in the EU), online users become increasingly aware of the scale of behavioural tracking practices, and they are clearly worried. According to recent PEW reviews, for instance, only 12% of internet users feel confident ...
Re-evaluating the double standard narrative of labelling terrorist attacks
April 30, 2019. The rise in right-wing attacks in modern society has had a profound effect on the current understandings of how the incidents should be addressed, calling for not only a political change but also a cultural one. The semantic labelling of far-right attacks following the recent timeline of events has unearthed a dominant historical framework which ...
Understanding Drivers of Cyberterrorism
April 29, 2019. Cybercrime is indeed cyberterrorism’s nucleus, combing the adoption of continuously advanced information technology tools and techniques with the usage of the internet to conduct harmful actions that target vital infrastructure systems leading to economic losses, political chaos, environmental damage and loss of life (Hardy and Williams, 2014). Continuous advancement of information technologies and the increased ...
The Christchurch Shootings – A Terrorist Attack in the Communication Age
April 24, 2019. The Christchurch Shootings have reiterated the need for law enforcement agencies, public bodies, the private sector and broader society to pay careful attention to the threat of alt-right radicalisation and terrorism. In particular, the cyber dimensions of terrorism before, during and after attacks. Alt-right terrorism in recent years has shown a notable trend of perpetrators ...
CENTRIC’s Next Journey – INVEST
March 27, 2019. New Serious Games project, INVEST, kicked off in the CENTRIC office last month. The kick off meeting was a success, and showed great promise for the project and future collaboration with our technical advisor on the project. The meeting involved introductions, summarising project aims and identifying how best to move forward with the project. The ...