The annual GISWatch reports have become must-read material for analysts and activists concerned with the social, economic and political effects of information and communication technologies.
Launching on December 10 --Human Rights Day-- the Global Information Society Watch 2011 reportinvestigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online -- and how citizens are responding to this using the very...
"Limits to technology examines the role of resource depletion and the ecological limits to human society"s future use of "technical systems" - a broad term covering not only our use of computers and mobile technologies, but also the electronics, metals and chemical components of everyday goods and products, and the latest "green technologies".