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: Surveillance exports: How EU Member States are compromising new human rights standards
Dual Use Leaks. : Surveillance exports: How EU Member States are compromising new human rights standards Since 2016, the European Union has been working on proposals to implement stricter controls on the export of surveillance technology outside the EU. However, internal documents now prove that certain Member States – especially Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom – are succumbing to pressure from business interests. As a result, human rights safeguards are being diluted.
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: Facebook and Airbus jointly lobby EU Commission on drones, email shows
The Airbus Zepyhr drone can stay airborne for 25 days : Facebook and Airbus jointly lobby EU Commission on drones, email shows The social media giant has evidently not buried its plans for high altitude connectivity. Facebook and Airbus discussed Zepyhr drones at a meeting with a senior official in Brussels.
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: NPP149: Civilian Drones – Who should be allowed to fly where?
Police shoots at a drone during protetst against the Dakota Access pipeline. : NPP149: Civilian Drones – Who should be allowed to fly where? We talked to anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Adam Fish about the new possibilities small civilian drones offer for documentary, environmental and activist projects. The drones give us an unique view of the world but at the same time they can lead to an unprecedented form of surveillance.
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: In Censoring Wikipedia in Turkey, We Are Censoring Our Collective Knowledge
Istanbul : In Censoring Wikipedia in Turkey, We Are Censoring Our Collective Knowledge 2018 will be a pivotal year for the internet. For the first time in human history, over half of the world’s population will be online. But new threats threaten the sustainability of the world’s largest information source.
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: „Who owns the infrastructure becomes important“: Digital payments, scoring and blockchains in the Global South
: „Who owns the infrastructure becomes important“: Digital payments, scoring and blockchains in the Global South In our interview, media scholar and political economist Rachel O‘Dwyer explains how companies and governments promise to connect those without a bank account to the global economy. She warns about the convergence of social media and payment infrastructures, where ever more data points are connected and used to decide on the life of individuals. Cash still has a role to play, she argues.
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: This week @netzpolitik.org, #47: Surveillance and Savants
: This week @netzpolitik.org, #47: Surveillance and Savants Welcome to our highlights of net political news from Germany, week 47. Who wins the contracts? The computer scientist Martin Tschirsich has examined ten products from various manufacturers of communal information systems. The software is used for the administration, manages citizens data and other information the city or municipality processes. They often play a part […]
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: This week @netzpolitik.org, #46: consumer friendly network blocks
: This week @netzpolitik.org, #46: consumer friendly network blocks Welcome to our highlights of net political news from Germany, week 46. EU to strengthen consumer protections while introducing contested blocking measures. The European parliament has passed a bill to protect European consumers with last-minute additions of contested net block censorship measures. Meanwhile, privacy activist Maximilian Schrems’ class action suit against Facebook, to shore up […]
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: Voices Critical of Turkey mysteriously losing thousands of followers on Facebook
Kerem Schamberger loses friends on Facebook, although they did not have unfriended him themselves. : Voices Critical of Turkey mysteriously losing thousands of followers on Facebook On facebook, people and pages are suddenly losing thousands of friends and followers. Particularly affected were accounts criticizing Turkey. Facebook rejects accusations of censorship and claims to be taking measures against fake accounts among followers. However the accounts in question are genuine.
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Secret documents: German foreign spy agency BND attacks the anonymity network Tor and advises not to use it
Secret documents: German foreign spy agency BND attacks the anonymity network Tor and advises not to use it The German spy agency BND developed a system to monitor the Tor network and warned federal agencies that its anonymity is „ineffective“. This is what emerges from a series of secret documents that we are publishing. The spies handed a prototype of this technology over to the NSA, in expectation of a favor in return.
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: Call for Papers: Fight for Your Digital Rights! – “Das ist Netzpolitik!”-Conference 2017
Auf der GIZ-Konferenz soll erörtert werden, wie es um die digitalen Grundrechte im globalen Maßstab steht. : Call for Papers: Fight for Your Digital Rights! – “Das ist Netzpolitik!”-Conference 2017 On the 1st of September, netzpolitik.org is going to celebrate its 13th birthday with its „Das ist Netzpolitik!“-conference and party in Berlin. There will be a comprehensive program tackling major upcoming issues and challenges for digital rights in Germany and Europe. We warmly invite you to participate and hand in your ideas.
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: New Hate Speech Law in Germany: Already Extended Before it Enters Into Force
: New Hate Speech Law in Germany: Already Extended Before it Enters Into Force The „Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz“ is no longer only directed against Hate Speech and Fake News, but also against pornographic content and many other offenses. In addition, the new draft now contains a clause permitting private persons the possibility of obtaining the identity of other private individuals, which could lead to the end of anonymity on the internet.
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Three years NSA inquiry committee: A serious investigation remains an illusion, while the mass surveillance continues.
The german government in the spying scandal. (symbol) Image: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:See_No_Evil,_Hear_No_Evil,_Speak_No_Evil.jpg">John Snape</a>. License: Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en">BY-SA 3.0</a>. Three years NSA inquiry committee: A serious investigation remains an illusion, while the mass surveillance continues. The German Parliamentary inquiry committee set out to investigate the Snowden revelations. It failed to do that. Instead, it revealed that the German spy agency BND is also breaking the law. Yet the result is not an end of ubiquitous mass surveillance, but a massive upgrade. A comment.
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: TiSA-Leaks: Fundamental rights shall be levered out for free trade – also in the internet
: TiSA-Leaks: Fundamental rights shall be levered out for free trade – also in the internet The free trade agreement TiSA is a danger for the internet. New leaks we publish in cooperation with Greenpeace show clearly that privacy, net neutrality and IT security are under threat. Moreover, the US want to privatize censorship. An overview of the most important issues.
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: Germany’s Federal Court of Justice: the parliamentary committee of enquiry on the NSA has to question Snowden in person
Edward Snowden im Livestream des Süddeutsche Zeitung Editors Lab. Screenshot: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh3HWTwDNzU" target="_blank">Youtube</a>. : Germany’s Federal Court of Justice: the parliamentary committee of enquiry on the NSA has to question Snowden in person Partial victory for the opposition in the parliamentary committee of inquiry on the NSA: Snowden has to be questioned in person, ruled the German Federal Court of Justice Today. The court stopped the blockage of the government against an invitation of the Whistleblower to Germany and forces a reaction from the Federal Government.
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: Snowden’s Legacy: Hearing in the Parliamentary Enquiry Committee
Europasaal vor der Sitzung. : Snowden’s Legacy: Hearing in the Parliamentary Enquiry Committee During last week’s session, the German Parliament’s NSA Inquiry Committee tried to resolve many looming questions. Who controls and oversees the surveillance systems of intelligence agencies? What legislative progress has been made in the past years? How could we remedy the situation in the future? The answers were mostly chastening.
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Secret Report: German Federal Intelligence Service BND Violates Laws And Constitution By The Dozen
Rechtsfreier Raum? Radome in der BND-Außenstelle Bad Aibling. Secret Report: German Federal Intelligence Service BND Violates Laws And Constitution By The Dozen The German Intelligence Service BND illegally collected and stored mass surveillance data and has to delete those data immediately, including XKeyscore. This is one of the results of a classified report of the German Federal Data Protection Commissioner that we are hereby publishing. In her report, she criticizes serious legal violations and a massive restriction of her supervision authority.
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: 3rd „Das ist Netzpolitik!“ conference 2016: Ticket sales and Call for Papers started
: 3rd „Das ist Netzpolitik!“ conference 2016: Ticket sales and Call for Papers started For the third time already, we are hosting the „Das ist Netzpolitik!“ conference, taking place on the 7th of October at the ‚Kulturbrauerei’ in Berlin. Ticket sales and Call for Papers have started.
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Strategic Initiative Technology: We Unveil the BND Plans to Upgrade its Surveillance Technology for 300 Million Euros
Massenüberwachung soll den Cyberraum sicher machen. Symbolbild: <a href="https://www.bnd.bund.de/DE/Themen/Lagebeitraege/Cyber-Sicherheit/Cyber-Sicherheit_node.html">BND</a>. Strategic Initiative Technology: We Unveil the BND Plans to Upgrade its Surveillance Technology for 300 Million Euros Fiberglass tapping, Internet analysis, encryption cracking, computer hacking: Germany’s secret service BND is massively expanding its Internet surveillance capabilities. We publish its secret 300 million Euro investment programme „Strategic Initiative Technology“. Members of Parliament and civil society criticise the agency’s new powers and demand an end of the whopping armament programme.
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: „Suspicion of Treason“: Federal Attorney General Announces Investigation Against Us In Addition To Our Sources
: „Suspicion of Treason“: Federal Attorney General Announces Investigation Against Us In Addition To Our Sources If it were up to the Federal Attorney General and the President of the German Domestic Security Agency, two of our reporters would soon be in prison for at least two years. Today, we were officially informed about investigations against our Markus Beckedahl, Andre Meister and an „unknown“ party. The accusation: Treason. This is an […]
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: Commissioner Oettinger’s facepalm-worthy interview about data retention, copyright, net neutrality and Co.
Wenn ein facepalm nicht reicht. Oder zwei, oder drei... : Commissioner Oettinger’s facepalm-worthy interview about data retention, copyright, net neutrality and Co. Today’s interview with the EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Günther Oettinger, with Markus Keßler at futurezone.at was one of the most shocking ones so far in terms of unreflected statements and the total lack of a factual foundation. Therefore we want to make it accessible not only for German speaking persons. Everyone should […]