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James Farrell

James Farrell is the former editor-in-chief of Chiang Mai CityNews, where he wrote and managed daily news, features, op-eds and blogs on a diverse range of topics. Prior to this, in the same city of Northern Thailand where he lives, he was the longstanding deputy editor of the monthly magazine Citylife. He has written on culture, politics, travel, tech, business, human rights, for local, national, and international news services and magazines. He has a keen interest in the role technology is playing in the transformation of society, culture and politics, especially in developing nations. This is reflected in his not-so-successful first novel.


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US senator proposes bill that would restrict flow of data to China

Republican U.S. Senator Josh Hawley introduced a new bill today aimed at stemming the flow of Americans’ personal data to China and other countries that he said threaten America’s national security. The bill, called the National Security and Personal Data Protection Act, follows …

Instagram joins Facebook’s latest Community Standards Enforcement Report

Facebook Inc. released its Community Standards Enforcement Report Wednesday, revealing that the company is improving at proactively removing disturbing content from both Facebook and Instagram. Among the wide variety of content were child nudity, child sexual exploitation and terrorist propaganda, as well as illicit …

Facebook’s political ads policy comes under more scrutiny

Since Facebook Inc. announced that it will allow politicians to run ads and will not fact-check those ads, the company has been hit with a wave of internal and external criticism. This week Facebook faced even more flak. On Monday, Yaël Eisenstat, a former …

ACLU sues government over facial recognition technology

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against the Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigations for their secrecy in using face recognition surveillance technology. The organization accused the agencies of having “no accountability” and …

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