Asylum in Europe: Beyond symbolic solidarity?

Opinion by Eleni Karageorgiou PhD candidate in Public International law at Lund University EUROPES´S ONGOING FAILURE to humanely respond to the plight of refugees has created severe problems in ensuring adequate reception for those seeking asylum. The inability of national systems to adapt to increased numbers of asylum seekers is...

Big data and Big Brother – perhaps not only in China?

Who controls data that users create on social media? In China, the State keeps tabs on most things. In the US it is the private corporations – or is it the NSA? In Sweden and the EU, discussions are ongoing on how to regulate online data and protect users’ privacy....