Spycatcher scandal: newly released documents from the Thatcher era reveal the changing nature of government secrecy: I grew up in Tasmania in the 1980s. The capital city, Hobart, had a bit of a “living at the edge of the world” feeling in those days. It seemed about as far away from anywhere as you could …
Data bombing and dead cats – how PR uses practices of secrecy to influence media and society: Microgen/Shutterstock More than 100 years ago, sociologist Georg Simmel wrote that secrecy is a core part of all human relationships. The ratio of secrecy to openness in a society, he argued, can tell us much about that society. …
South Africa in the news: ‘Lift the cloud of secrecy over Durban toxic chemicals explosion,’ MPs and community leaders demand: It has been exactly a month since a massive cloud of toxic chemical fumes engulfed residential areas over large parts of Durban for 12 days – but government officials and the Indian-owned UPL …: “South …
Ireland’s shame: reforming an adoption system marked by secrecy and trauma: In the 20th century Magdalene laundries were punitive institutions where young "fallen" women – pregnant and unmarried – endured a daily regime of silence, prayer and hard labour. The last Magdalene laundry closed in 1996. William Murphy/lFlickr, CC BY-SA For the greater part of …
India: why secrecy over Narendra Modi’s coronavirus relief fund damages democracy: Since India overtook Brazil in September to become the country with the second largest number of coronavirus cases in the world (after the US), the response of the government of Narendra Modi has come under even tighter scrutiny. In late March, Prime Minister Modi …
Dominic Cummings and SAGE: advisory group’s veil of secrecy has to be lifted: Dominic Cummings, the UK prime minister’s chief political adviser, and his colleague Ben Warner have attended meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Is this a big deal? A report by a team of reporters in the Guardian newspaper claimed …
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