Ben Collier
@JohnnyHistone
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Queer sociologist, criminologist. Wrote book about Tor, dark web, privacy futures. Currently research Influence Policing. Lecturer at University of Edinburgh.
Joined January 2012
For any of lovely people who haven't heard, or aren't totally sick of me going on about it, my book on @torproject - bizarrely, the first book to tell the secret history of the technology behind the so-called 'dark web' is out. Buy here or any bookstore
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RT @Louise_Brangan: Really honoured to be awarded a Giles St Aubyn award from the Royal Society of Literature to support me in my writing a…
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RT @BecksHewer: The lovely @JohnnyHistone & I have a new article out in @JSP_Journal. We propose a theoretical elaboration to CPA, harnessi…
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RT @TheSCCJR: 🔊Scottish Parliament TV could become a target for deepfakes says new research published today by SCCJR. Authors Ben Collier…
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RT @BecksHewer: Happy to share a pre-publication copy of 'Hope in a Paranoid Place? Critique, Utopia and Prefigurative Policy Reform', a fo…
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RT @0xggus: Over the last few weeks, the Tor Project and relay operators received abuse complaints regarding alleged port scanning activity…
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RT @torproject: Over the last few weeks, the Tor Project and relay operators received abuse complaints regarding alleged port scanning acti…
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RT @Louise_Brangan: I did a piece on exactly this for @BBCRadio3 -- about the challenges of trying to face up to this past and the worry th…
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RT @Louise_Brangan: I worry that there's nothing inadvertent or accidental about this slight of memory, it's too persistent, too pervasive…
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@YerMouse I think some interesting stuff brewing in the wider influencer ecosystem which is a bit ambivalent about how it positions people to be part of these campaigns for their other work and future directions
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Also reflects a broader movement towards influencers and away from microtargeting in govt domestic policy influence comms
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@BecksHewer It was such an enormous pleasure to work with you on this Becky :) thanks for bringing me on to such a fantastic project! Great to see it in print - congratulations!
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RT @BecksHewer: The lovely @JohnnyHistone and I are delighted that our new article "Hope in a Paranoid Place? Critique, Utopianism, & Prefi…
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RT @torproject: MARK YOUR CALENDARS🗓️: State of the Onion is the Tor Project's annual virtual event where we share updates from the Tor Pro…
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RT @Louise_Brangan: I am giving a lunchtime talk next week in Edinburgh, @IASH_Edinburgh Come along if you are about and interested in Magd…
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RT @torproject: Unrestricted funding is essential to sustain Tor's mission of protecting privacy & ensuring access to the open web. It allo…
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RT @HeidyKhlaaf: New paper with @sarahbmyers & @mer__edith. We challenge the narrative emphasising AI bioweapons risks, and bring attention…
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RT @torproject: Join our virtual event for Global Encryption Day! 🔐Hear from the folks powering the Tor network as we dive into their motiv…
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