Spies Like Us: The Assange Indictment
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia indictment of Julian Assange is a curious document.
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Surveillance
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Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Admits Trump-Era Policies Hurt Profits
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei reportedly circulated a memo last month asking employees of the gigantic telecom company to “speak freely” and volunteer their ideas for helping the company adjust to a law passed during the Trump administration that largely banned Huawei from U.S. markets.
The South China Morning Post
To the Police State, We’re All Criminals Until We Prove Otherwise
“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.”Hunter S.
This Week in the New Normal #34
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. The extreme right weaponising the outdoors
Fresh from weaponising memes in 2021, the classics in 2018 and irony in
Davos reveals building blocks for “green” social credit system
This morning, on one of the WEF’s live-streamed panels, Alibaba Holdings President J.
This Week in the New Normal #31
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1.Google Health researching surveillance and AI
This week it was reported that Google Health (which is apparently a thing)
You’ve Been Flagged as a Threat: Predictive AI Technology Puts a Target on Your Back
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“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem and very often makes the problem worse.”
Milton Friedman
You’ve been flagged as a threat. Before long, every household in America will be similarly flagged and assigned a threat score.
Without having
90% of nations planning Central Bank Digital Currency
A new report from the Bank of International Settlements estimates that up to 90% of national central banks are at least in the planning stages for launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC):
new report
Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more
Why You Should Stop Using Google As Your Favorite Search Engine
To stop using google search is really a matter of social responsibility, freedom of information and a contribution to a steady and collective monopoly dismantling process.
Ukraine crisis accelerating rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies
A joint project between the Central Bank of Canada and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be researching the possibility of an entirely digital Canadian dollar, it was announced yesterday.
The digital dollar would be a state-issued cryptocurrency, or “central bank digital currency” (CBDC). (For more detail on CBDCs and
Report: IRS to Stop Using Face-Recognition Tech Following Backlash
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said it will no longer use face-recognition technology for taxpayers who are interacting with the agency online, CBS News reported on Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch Among Pegasus Spyware Targets
The targeting of a Human Rights Watch staff member with Pegasus spyware underscores the urgent need to regulate the global trade in surveillance technology, Human Rights Watch said today.
Planet Lockdown Part 2 - The Financial Control System
The “Planet Lockdown Part 2” interview above features finance guru Catherine Austin Fitts, founder of the Solari Report.
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak to Launch Hundreds of Satellites to Study Space Debris
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s startup company, Privateer, reportedly plans to launch hundreds of satellites to study space debris.
China: Olympics Sponsors in Spotlight as Games Loom
(New York) – The International Olympic Committee’s major corporate sponsors should explain publicly how they are using their leverage to address human rights abuses in China ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said today. Sponsors should also press the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to adopt a