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10 May 2013
cyberbullying | Digital Freedoms | Digital Freedoms | Online privacy | online safety | Parental control | Parental monitoring | Privacy | Family | Internet | Youth | Society | Science
I. Introduction
This debate has a fairly large scope as it concerns itself with children, as...
10 May 2013
cell phone | e-learning | educational tools | junior debate | Mobile phone | online education | primary debate | Computers & Phones | Science
This debate is about whether every child should have a mobile phone (Cell phone if you are in the United States). This does not mean that they always have to...
13 Apr 2013
4 Mar 2013
academic work | Access to Knowledge | Censorship & IP | Copyright | Digital Freedoms | higher education | Public funding for education | research | University funding | Science
Universities are massive engines of research and development. The state, private charities and corporations all pour money into these institutions to develop...
22 Feb 2013
Access to Knowledge | Art | Arts | Censorship & IP | Copyright | Creative commons | Culture | Digital Freedoms | Intellectual Property | Literature | property right | Culture | Science
Creative commons licenses are a kind of copyright license that gives people the right to use, share, and expand upon artists’ work. They offer...
20 Feb 2013
Censorship & IP | Digital Freedoms | Extremist websites | Freedom of Expression | Internet service providers | jihad online | Internet | Science
The internet has become a major centre of extremist activity, one so important that Osama bin Ladin back in 2002 said that 90% of all jihadist activity will...
18 Feb 2013
Access to Information | broadband | Digital Freedoms | infrastructure | Internet | Internet human right | Private investment | State monopolies | Internet | Science
In the past two decades the internet has come to be a dominant part of people’s lives. For work, pleasure, staying in touch, and countless other uses, the...
11 Jan 2013
20 Sep 2012
Healthcare | Pharmaceuticals | Research and development | Ethics | Healthcare | Science General | Health | Philosophy | Science
Clinical trials1,2 have four phases, which proceed sequentially. Not all drugs make it to the end of the process (if a drug ‘fails’ a phase 1 trial, there is...
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