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Russia to introduce digital identity cards

It seems QR codes will soon be back in vogue in Russia. Via Interfax: The Ministry of Digital Development, together with the FSB, will submit to the Russian government by May 1 a draft decree allowing the use of a digital identity card on smartphones instead of [an internal] passport

You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It

“He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness’ sake!” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” You’d better watch out—you’d better not pout—you’d better not cry—‘cos

Iain Davis & Jesse Zurawell talk China and Technocracy – Part 2

Following up on their conversation from a few days ago, Jesse Zurawell and Iain Davis reunite to continue their discussion of the rise global technocracy. You can listen to the first part of this interview here. SUPPORT OFFGUARDIAN For direct-transfer bank details click here. Read the full article at the

China: Respect Right to Peaceful Protest

(New York) – The Chinese government should respect the fundamental rights of people across China to peacefully protest the government’s draconian “zero Covid” restrictions and to call for freedom and human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately release all protesters wrongfully detained and cease online censorship

Federal Bureau of Intimidation: The War on Political Freedom

“In so many of the little places of everyday life in which life is lived out, somehow democracy doesn’t exist.

China: Xinjiang Official Figures Reveal Higher Prisoner Count

(New York) – The Chinese government has used its justice system to sentence and imprison an estimated half-million people during the brutal crackdown in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today.

China: New Evidence of Mass DNA Collection in Tibet

(New York) – Chinese authorities are significantly increasing policing, including arbitrary collection of DNA from residents in many towns and villages throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Human Rights Watch said today. The available information indicates that people cannot decline providing their DNA and that police do not need credible evidence

The Horrendous Damage of Censorship

There has always been a hunger for new discoveries and revelations of the truth, but often, in the past, it took great effort to get past the “agenda”—there has always been one. Think of the Daniel Ellsberg exposure of The Pentagon Papers as well as many pieces coming out

Moscow to expand “safe & convenient” biometric payment system

“Pay by biometrics.” Don’t tell me what to do. Your Still-Very-Stranded-In-Tbilisi Correspondent mused at the end of June that the West’s never-ending barrage of sanctions might disrupt digital cattle-tagging efforts in Russia. This is probably true in “backwards” regions that can’t boast a single Smart or Safe