Self-Publishing News: How Governments Oversee the Technology We Rely On
The governance of technology affects all of us who use technology - whether we use it to create or to consume. And increasingly we do both.
Self-publishing News: UK Government Passes Online Safety Act
Anything that starts life under the name “online harms” and comes to maturity by the name “online safety” will always have a shade of the Orwellian about it. Last week, a piece of legislation that could have been born to wear that adjective was finally passed into UK law. ALLi's Self-publishing News Editor reports.
Author Safety: How Indie Authors Can Protect Themselves Online and Off
All writers are all vulnerable to attack these days if we speak out, from online trolling and harrassment, threats and insults, all the way to stalking and physical attacks. Many of us know what it is like to receive a social media message from someone claiming they intend to rape or kill us. Some of us have actually experienced such attempts.