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A piece I did on the power of cultural boycotts and why Israel should be removed from Eurovision and individual Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Olympics, learning the lessons from the hugely impactful cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa
www.lbc.co.uk/article/cult...
Cultural boycotts are a tool of the oppressed - and Eurovision organisers ought to pay attention | LBC
The European Broadcasting Union has failed to take a decision to withdraw Israel’s participation from the Eurovision song contest.
www.lbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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🎙️ Launching Part 1 of South Africa: A Surveilled State this Monday, 3 March!

Prof. Jane Duncan joins us to unpack the laws behind surveillance & the crucial role of civil society in protecting our rights.

Here is a taste for you. #Surveillance #Privacy #LegalResourcesRadio
February 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Proud to say this book will be out in the next two weeks
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We're thrilled to share the cover of our next #OpenAccess book!

'Democratising spy watching' examines surveillance scandals across eight Southern African countries, suggesting that a new model of public oversight of #surveillance is possible!

Read more here: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Here's a new piece by our own Jane Duncan, in the @dailymaverick.co.za, about the increasingly unaccountable use of AI by national security agencies.
We need to stop the spies abusing Silicon Valley’s runaway AI in the name of national security | Daily Maverick
Intelligence has become about obtaining and maintaining global dominance rather than just protecting countries against imminent threats. It is now too risky to leave intelligence agencies to police th...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM