MP questions role of Internet in 7/7 attacks
A Bournemouth MP has asked a government minister to comment on the role the Internet played in the 7/7 bombings in London. Tobias Ellwood was speaking during a debate on the Terrorism Bill. “Does the...
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Bournemouth MP, Tobias Ellwood, has alleged that Internet gambling companies are funding terrorist organisations in a question to a Home Office minister. Vernon Coaker, the Minister of State for...
View ArticleOperation Viral Peace ‘won’t get US anywhere’
A US Government initiative to troll Muslim groups in online communities has been criticized by an Internet trolling and online community expert for being counter-productive. Jonathan Bishop, a...
View ArticleTwitter users react to Belfast bomb plot
A police officer was targeted in Northern Ireland when a bomb was placed on his car, reports say. Army explosives experts were called out to Upper Newtownards Road, where they used a robot to confirm...
View ArticleTwitter reacts positively to ‘condemned’ holocaust comments
Dubbed the 21st century Winston Churchill, the UK Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Bradford has received praise from across the political divide on Twitter, but not it seems within his own...
View ArticleThwarting the user of social media for nefarious purposes
Another research agenda at CENTRIC is cybercrime and cyberterrorism. The latter ranges from research on online radicalization and cyber defense to softer issues such as cyber defamation. For example,...
View ArticleDrone deaths ‘avoidable’ says inventor
Loss of innocent human life through botched drone strikes are avoidable says a British inventor. Jonathan Bishop, who is the principal researcher and developer at Crocels, a technology research and...
View ArticleNewport Computing students in mock Court Room drama
This week saw University of South Wales Computing students in Newport take part in the annual Computer Forensic Investigation Mock Trials. Students were put through their paces in a mock court room...
View ArticleUK Government cybersecurity criticised
The UK Government has been criticised over its handling of the out-break of a serious computer ‘virus.’ The website designated to help the public deal with the threat could not cope with the demand,...
View ArticleMP’s empathy ‘act of terror’
SPEAKING OUT: David Ward MP believes the atrocities in Gaza are worth speaking out about. Courtesy: LadyGeekTV A UK Member of Parliament who expressed empathy for the situation of many Palestinians in...
View ArticleMP questions role of Internet in 7/7 attacks
A Bournemouth MP has asked a government minister to comment on the role the Internet played in the 7/7 bombings in London. Tobias Ellwood was speaking during a debate on the Terrorism Bill. “Does the...
View ArticleGamling money ‘used for terrorism’ alleges MP
Bournemouth MP, Tobias Ellwood, has alleged that Internet gambling companies are funding terrorist organisations in a question to a Home Office minister. Vernon Coaker, the Minister of State for...
View ArticleOperation Viral Peace ‘won’t get US anywhere’
A US Government initiative to troll Muslim groups in online communities has been criticized by an Internet trolling and online community expert for being counter-productive. Jonathan Bishop, a...
View ArticleTwitter users react to Belfast bomb plot
A police officer was targeted in Northern Ireland when a bomb was placed on his car, reports say. Army explosives experts were called out to Upper Newtownards Road, where they used a robot to confirm...
View ArticleTwitter reacts positively to ‘condemned’ holocaust comments
Dubbed the 21st century Winston Churchill, the UK Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Bradford has received praise from across the political divide on Twitter, but not it seems within his own...
View ArticleThwarting the user of social media for nefarious purposes
Another research agenda at CENTRIC is cybercrime and cyberterrorism. The latter ranges from research on online radicalization and cyber defense to softer issues such as cyber defamation. For example,...
View ArticleDrone deaths ‘avoidable’ says inventor
Loss of innocent human life through botched drone strikes are avoidable says a British inventor. Jonathan Bishop, who is the principal researcher and developer at Crocels, a technology research and...
View ArticleNewport Computing students in mock Court Room drama
This week saw University of South Wales Computing students in Newport take part in the annual Computer Forensic Investigation Mock Trials. Students were put through their paces in a mock court room...
View ArticleUK Government cybersecurity criticised
The UK Government has been criticised over its handling of the out-break of a serious computer ‘virus.’ The website designated to help the public deal with the threat could not cope with the demand,...
View ArticleMP’s empathy ‘act of terror’
SPEAKING OUT: David Ward MP believes the atrocities in Gaza are worth speaking out about. Courtesy: LadyGeekTV A UK Member of Parliament who expressed empathy for the situation of many Palestinians in...
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