24th December 2016 - The Glasgow Guardian



The Snooper’s Charter: a death sentence for those working at the fringe of acceptability?

24th December 2016

The new law threatens online privacy and academic freedom Morgaine Das Varma Writer Last month, the UK Investigatory Powers Act became law amidst a storm of protest. Better known as the “Snooper’s Charter,” the legislation has faced objections from civil rights activists to porn sites. To put it succinctly, it is the most extensive internet ...


Christmas charity: should we be cynical?

24th December 2016

Thomas McDonald Writer We must cast our minds back quite some time should we wish to understand where the modern, cynically marketed, trend of Christmas charity comes from. In the first sense, it is symptomatic of the seasonal climate of a historically Christian continent; it is at once associative and experiential. The majority of Europe ...