At the centre sits the Establishment: governments, corporations and powerful individuals who have more knowledge about us, and more power, than ever before. Circling them is a new generation of hackers, pro-democracy campaigners and internet activists who no longer accept that the Establishment should run the show.
Award-winning journalist and campaigner Heather Brooke takes us inside the Information War and explores the most urgent questions of the digital age: where is the balance between freedom and security? In an online world, does privacy still exist? And will the internet empower individuals, or usher in a new age of censorship, surveillance and oppression?
About Heather Brooke:
Heather Brooke is a journalist and Freedom of Information campaigner based in London who is famous for uncovering the MPs’ expenses scandal. She writes for the main national papers and has worked as a consultant and presenter for Channel 4’s Dispatches. She is a visiting professor at City University’s Department of Journalism and is also the author of Your Right to Know and The Silent State. In 2009 she was named Reformer of the Year and has won numerous awards, including the Setting the Political Agenda Award from the Political Studies Association and, in 2010, Judges’ Prize at the British Press Awards.
Praise for The Revolution Will Be Digitised and Heather Brooke:
‘A melange of anecdote, imagination and experience designed to open our eyes to the possibilities of digital change … feisty and vivid and honest.’ Guardian
‘Brooke has a serious agenda and she poses serious questions … We have been warned.’ Financial Times
‘She’s a total ninja.’ Ben Goldacre
‘As tough and resolute a journalist as one would wish to find.’ Independent
‘A robust examination of the race for control of information in our digital age.’ Sunday Times Culture
‘A demanding, illuminating read.’ Independent on Sunday
