Control Culture
Israel’s Covid-19 virus tracing methods test the country’s democracy rules
AP, 01/01/2021. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Israel began using a mass surveillance tool on its own people, tracking civilians’ mobile phones to halt the spread of the virus. But months later, the tool’s effectiveness is being called into question and critics say its use has come […]
New EU whistleblower legislation launching next week – but some distance to safe harbour
Update, 06/02/2019. Sometimes, truth needs friends – the latest EU Greens/EFA whistleblower-protection campaign as the EU legislation grinds its way through the EU Council and Parliament. See: Brussels, 18/04/2018. The European Commission is expected to propose a new EU-wide whistleblower-protection law within the week. The proposed regulation is an attempt […]
Short Shorts
Why does everyone prefer mobile phones these days? 27/10/2020. I used to ask this question repeatedly a few years ago. I don’t do so any more, mainly because I’ve found that they are the best way to reach the person you need. And if you want to send a quick […]
The Control Culture
2021 08/01/2021. Victory at UK High Court against government use of ‘general warrants’ for indiscrimate surveillance 2019 08/02/2019. This week an EU ‘Big Brother’ administration became almost inevitable 17/01/2019. Where is George? Identifying individuals in the crowd #eu_research, #SurveillanceState, #surveillance, #Orwell … 2018 28/07/2018. How Israel silences […]
Whistleblowers in the EU need protection
“Besides journalists’ legal protections, equivalent protections should be extended to the people who risk their livelihoods, and lives, to bring this information to light in the first place,” wrote Lauren Kirchner, reporting on Columbia Journalism Schools’ seminar “Journalism after Snowden” in January 2014. See this piece […]
European Parliament calls for Edward Snowden to be protected from extradition
Update, 04/09/2020. (Reuters) Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of telephone records, a US appeals court found the program unlawful, and that US intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth. Read more. Brussels, 29/10/2015. European […]
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Or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them …
Tales from a Brussels bar – Brexit 3 The bar was quieter tonight. The usual suspects were there – we had planned to discuss Brexit again. But no-one wanted to tallk about it immediately – Maj and co. had gone off to play darts, others […]
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of European fortune, or …
Tales from a Brussels bar – Brexit 2 Stassos was quoting Shakespeare, but in slightly modified form. “Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of European fortune – or to take arms … that’s what you want to do.” He was explaining why he’d suddenly […]
To Brexit or not to Brexit – that is the question
Tales from a Brussels bar – Brexit 1 It was a fine Spring evening in Brussels, the sun lingering on the pavements – quite the best time of the year in the city. Steve the Bar had put a couple of barrels and stools outside, allowing some of the shyer […]
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