Members of the MPDP have published various articles and/or opinion pieces for newspapers and digitally published news websites on topics and research related to the MPDP, which are listed below
Dale T. McKinley
McKinley, D. 2017. Op-ed: Is our privacy all but gone? Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-01-30-op-ed-is-our-privacy-all-but-gone/#.WJB8cBvavIU
Jane Duncan
Duncan, J. 2018. Op-ed: What Ramaphosa needs to do to fix state spying, Part 8 - biometrics and biosurveillance. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-03-19-op-ed-what-cyril-ramaphosa-needs-to-do-to-fix-state-spying-part-8-biometrics-and-biosurveillance/
Duncan, J. 2018. Op-ed: What if Ramaphosa doesn't fix state spying? Part 7 - Activism. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-03-13-op-ed-what-if-ramaphosa-doesnt-fix-state-spying-part-7-activism/
Duncan, J. 2018. Op-ed: What Ramaphosa needs to do to fix state spying, Part 6 - drones. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-03-07-op-ed-what-ramaphosa-needs-to-do-to-fix-state-spying-part-6-drones/
Duncan, J. 2018. Op-ed: What Ramaphosa needs to do to fix state spying, Part 5 - the information/privacy regulator. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-03-01-op-ed-what-ramaphosa-needs-to-do-to-fix-state-spying-part-5-the-informationprivacy-regulator/
Duncan, J. 2018. Op-ed: What Ramaphosa needs to do to fix state spying, Part 4 - 'smart' policing and CCTV surveillance. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-02-25-op-ed-what-ramaphosa-needs-to-do-to-fix-state-spying-part-4-smart-policing-and-cctv-surveillance/
Duncan, J. 2018. Op-ed: What Ramaphosa needs to do to fix state spying, Part 3 - intrusive surveillance and counterintelligence. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-02-22-op-ed-what-ramaphosa-needs-to-do-to-fix-state-spying-part-3-intrusive-surveillance-and-counterintelligence/
Duncan, J. 2018. Op-ed: What Ramaphosa needs to do to fix state spying, Part 2 - mass and tactical surveillance. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-02-20-op-ed-what-ramaphosa-needs-to-do-to-fix-state-spying-part-2-mass-and-tactical-surveillance/#.WoxAFxtG3IU
Duncan, J. 2018. Op-ed: What Ramaphosa needs to do to fix state spying, Part 1: Rica and lawful interception. Daily Maverick.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-02-19-op-ed-what-ramaphosa-needs-to-do-to-fix-state-spying-part-one-rica-and-lawful-interception/#.Wow_PhtG3IU
Duncan, J. 2017. Op-ed: How state spying enables state capture. Daily Maverick.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-08-17-op-ed-how-state-spying-enables-state-capture/#.WZVQ_xuQzIU
Duncan, J. 2016. Op-ed: Keep the spies out of snooping on protests. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-11-17-op-ed-keep-the-spies-out-of-snooping-on-protests/#.WC7jghv_rIU
Duncan, J. 2016. Reports of the death of communications privacy are greatly exaggerated. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-20-reports-of-the-death-of-communications-privacy-are-greatly-exaggerated/#.VxjkgY1unIU
Duncan, J. 2012. Marikana and the problem of pack journalism. SABC. http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/00f7e0804cfe58899b00bf76c8dbd3db/Marikana-and-the-problem-of-pack-journalism-20121007
Jeanne Prinsloo
Prinsloo, J. 2014. Analysis: reporting Nkandla – anatomy of a scandal, and how the media responded.
Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-01-20-analysis-reporting-nkandla-anatomy-of-a-scandal-and-how-the-media-responded/#.U_HGOVcaKgA
Julie Reid
Reid, J. 2017. Media freedom in South Africa: the two-part formula for securing freedom of expression. Amandla magazine. http://aidc.org.za/media-freedom-south-africa-two-part-formula-securing-freedom-expression/
Reid, J. 2016. Independent Media’s excuses for ditching the Press Council make no logical sense. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-10-24-independent-medias-excuses-for-ditching-the-press-council-make-no-logical-sense/#.WBDJTP3_rIU
Reid, J. 2016. Media content diversity in SA: why is government still asking all the wrong questions? Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-08-29-media-content-diversity-in-sa-why-is-government-still-asking-all-the-wrong-questions/#.WBDJpP3_rIU
Reid, J. 2015. Is the ANC right about press regulation? Research says ‘NO’. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2015-12-07-is-the-anc-right-about-press-regulation-research-says-no/#.Vwyjp41unIU
Reid, J. 2015. Africa’s worst new Internet Censorship Law: everything you don’t want to know – but need to. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2015-06-10-africas-worst-new-internet-censorship-law-everything-you-dont-want-to-know-but-need-to/#.Vwyj-o1unIU
Reid, J. 2015. Op-Ed. World Press Freedom Day 2015, SA edition. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2015-04-28-op-ed-world-press-freedom-day-2015-sa-edition/#.VwykSY1unIU
Reid, J. 2014. Analysis: South African media on world press freedom day 2014.
Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-04-23-analysis-south-african-media-on-world-press-freedom-day-2014/#.U_HEOlcaKgA
Reid, J. 2013. No Big Debate. The SABC, censorship and more censorship on media freedom day. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-10-22-no-big-debate-the-sabc-censorship-and-more-censorship-on-media-freedom-day/
Reid, J. 2013. Dear SA.This is how to build a free society and an accountable government, love Sweden. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-07-08-dear-sa-this-is-how-to-build-a-free-society-and-an-accountable-government-love-sweden/
Reid, J. 2013. Why can’t African democracies just grow up? Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-04-30-why-cant-african-democracies-just-grow-up/
Reid, J. 2013. The digital disaster we know nothing about. Daily Maverick.
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-12-03-the-digital-disaster-that-we-know-nothing-about/
Reid, J. 2012. The Press Freedom Commission: its implications. The Rhodes Journalism Review. Published School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University. Available: http://www.rjr.ru.ac.za/index.html
Reid, J. 2012. Press Freedom Commission, ANC and the little guy. Daily Maverick. http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-02-press-freedom-commission-anc-and-the-little-guy
Reid, J. 2012. Press freedom in South Africa and why self-regulation is best. Daily Maverick. http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-01-26-press-freedom-in-south-africa-and-why-self-regulation-is-best
Reid, J. 2012. Media freedom debacles aside, the press is failing us. Daily Maverick.
http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-10-24-media-freedom-debacles-aside-the-press-is-failing-us
Reid, J. 2012. The ever-increasing global rebellion against secrecy. Daily Maverick. http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-09-27-the-ever-increasing-global-rebellion-against-secrecy
Heidi Swart
Swart, H. 2018. Protecting privacy: postcards from the edge of being hacked. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-06-08-protecting-privacy-postcards-from-the-edge-of-being-hacked/#.W0KAU9gzZE4
Swart, H. 2018. Your cellphone records and the law: the legal loophole that lets state spying run rampant. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-05-20-your-cellphone-records-and-the-law-the-legal-loophole-that-lets-state-spying-run-rampant/#.W0J5VtgzZE4
Swart, H. 2018. Government surveillance of social media is rife. Guess who's selling your data? Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-04-25-government-surveillance-of-social-media-is-rife-guess-whos-selling-your-data/#.W0J5D9gzZE5
Swart, H. 2017. Social media: Big brother, and his brother, is watching you via data mining. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-11-social-media-big-brother-and-his-brother-is-watching-you-via-data-mining/#.WoxwTBNuZE4
Swart, H. 2017. Social media surveillance may not just be urban legend. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-20-op-ed-social-media-surveillance-may-not-just-be-urban-legend/#.We23xRtrzIV
Swart, H. 2017. Cellphone privacy: law enforcement pulls 70,000 subscribers' call records each year - and that's a minimum estimate. Daily Maverick. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-08-23-cell-phone-privacy-law-enforcement-pulls-70000-subscribers-call-records-each-year-and-thats-a-minimum-estimate/#.WZ1bDhuQzIU
Swart, H. 2017. Cyberspying: the ghost in your machine. Daily Maverick.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-02-21-cyberspying-the-ghost-in-your-machine/#.WZVMDBuQzIV
Swart, H. 2017. Op-Ed. Big Brother is watching you phone call records. Daily Maverick.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-05-10-op-ed-big-brother-is-watching-your-phone-call-records/
Swart, H. 2016. Missed call: Rica registration 'useless' for crime prevention purposes. Daily Maverick. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-11-10-missed-call-rica-registration-useless-for-crime-prevention-purposes/#.WCVXhTSTUUs.facebook
Swart, H. 2015. Big Brother is listening – on your phone. Mail & Guardian. http://mg.co.za/article/2015-11-12-big-brother-is-listening-on-your-phone
Swart, H. 2015. How cops and crooks can “grab” your cellphone – and you. Mail & Guardian. http://mg.co.za/article/2015-11-29-how-cops-and-crooks-can-grab-your-cellphone-and-you
Swart, H. 2015. Say nothing – the spooks are listening. Mail & Guardian. http://mg.co.za/article/2015-12-17-say-nothing-the-spooks-are-listening
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