Writers Silenced by Surveillance: Self-Censorship in the Age of Big Data
“We asked Scottish writers how online surveillance has impacted on their work. The answers we got were shocking.”
Read more...“We asked Scottish writers how online surveillance has impacted on their work. The answers we got were shocking.”
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