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To mark the 250th edition of Index on Censorship, various worthies were asked to pick their favourite article from its archives. One of them left a lasting impact on me.

The claims of the complicit – that they acted on information available at the time, and then only to uphold the authority of the UN – is not a defence.

The topologies of data as shifting territories of conflict, infinitely routed between constituent nodes of information – a great place for a reporter to stake out a beat.

Hacker culture wants to help defend human rights & free expression. Yet why is it that the people who need it most resist their shiny new technology?