This Government is playing fast and loose with civil liberties, contradicting all their earlier promises and resurrecting the worst of Labour's authoritarianism, writes Joshua Lachkovic. More »
Transparency is an empty buzzword used to apply a tiny fix to a big problem - our distrust of politicians - writes Joshua Lachkovic. Let's fix that, and stop banging on about open data. More »
Is scaremongering about the so-called "dark web" obscuring an overdue debate about privacy? Joshua Lachkovic says that 2012 really will be the year that personal data concerns hit the big time. More »
Election campaigning has moved online, and so far Democrats have had the upper hand. But can the Koch brothers’ Themis database bring 'electoral justice' for the Republican Party in 2012? The Kernel's politics columnist Joshua Lachkovic pens a special report. More »