In Chilling Effects, Jonathon W. Penney explores the increasing weaponization of surveillance, censorship, and new technology to repress and control us. With corporations, governments, and extremist actors using big data, cyber-mobs, AI, and other threats to limit our rights and freedoms, concerns about chilling effects – or how these activities deter us from exercising our rights – have become urgent. Penney draws on law, privacy, and social science to present a new conformity theory that...

Cybersecurity is a powerful concept often examined through the lens of national security and organizational risks. It however demands a deeper understanding to empower our societies—and ourselves—to thrive in the digital context.This edited collection explores a new approach to human-centric cybersecurity: the security of self. It invites a paradigm shift where cybersecurity’s core purpose is to protect people—and society—from harm, and where empowering individual and coll...

This interdisciplinary edited collection brings together scholars, activists, and policy makers to build consensus around what a connected society means for Canada. The collection offers insight on the state of citizenship in a digital context in Canada and proposes a research and policy agenda for the way forward.Part I examines the current landscape of digital civic participation and highlights some of the missing voices required to ensure an inclusive digital society. Part II ex...

Faith is more than belief—it is a lifelong journey of surrender, renewal, and transformation. This book calls you beyond routine religion into authentic spiritual maturity. With honesty and hope, it confronts real struggles, real doubts, and real growth, showing how God uses pressure, process, and perseverance to shape purpose.You will be challenged to examine your thinking, habits, relationships, and obedience. Some pages will comfort you; others will stretch you. Both are necessa...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Faith is more than belief—it is a lifelong journey of surrender, renewal, and transformation. This book calls you beyond routine religion into authentic spiritual maturity. With honesty and hope, it confronts real struggles, real doubts, and real growth, showing how God uses pressure, process, and perseverance to shape purpose.You will be challenged to examine your thinking, habits, relationships, and obedience. Some pages will comfort you...