Global Data Bodies Data are the most important resource for the New Economy and have become a commodity more valuable than money. Data-mining companies are keeping detailed files on millions of people, which are shared, sold or rented and guarantee the information economy a formidable added value. World-Information.Org investigates the methods and practices of the <ahref="?quicksearch=1&qkeyword=71">data industry and displays the effects of this development to the right to privacy especially the risk of abuse of personal information and the dynamics of social control. Related search: Global Data Bodies

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Global Networks Although the Internet has become ubiquitous, hardly anybody has a clear picture of its economic, political and technical hierarchies. Understanding this major technological development enables to gain an idea of the socio-economic powers structuring the Internet. World-Information.Org investigates the common legend that the Internet is highly decentralized and diversified and therefore not easily controllable and provides an assessment of the architectural properties of this network. It aims at making transparent the global communication structures and the technical Infostructure in the context of its invested interest. Related search: Global Networks

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