Tag: human rights
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EU: Leak reveals states are ready to put human rights defenders at risk to protect surveillance industry
Brussels, BE — EU member states must back proposed curbs on the export of surveillance equipment to abusive regimes, Access Now, Amnesty International, and Reporters Without Borders said, after leaked documents published by digital rights reporters at netzpolitik.org and…
29 October 2018
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كامبريدج أناليتيكا: طريقة غير مشروعة للحصول على معطيات شخصية لـ 87 مليون شخص! تعرف على آخر المستجدات
تظهر تقارير من “نيويورك تايمز” The New York Times و “الغارديان” The Guardian أن كامبريدج أناليتيكا قد استخدمت مجموعات هائلة من المعطيات الشخصية من خلال موقع فيسبوك للإعلان عن الناخبين المستهدفين في المملكة المتحدة والولايات المتحدة. وقد تم الحصول على…
10 April 2018
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What the EU is getting wrong about the Internet of Things
There is no better time than right now to question the world that is being built around us, and as civil society, it is our duty to ask the hard questions, and make sure innovators have good answers before they proceed.…
12 February 2018
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EU: European Parliament must vote to stop surveillance equipment going to rights-abusing governments
Brussels, BE — European Parliament’s (EP) vote tomorrow could stop the export of dangerous surveillance equipment to rights-abusing governments, according to a coalition of international NGOs. The vote, on European Union’s (EU) export control regime for dual-use items, which have…
16 January 2018
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The European Parliament is fighting to strengthen the rules for surveillance trade
On 23 November 2017 the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee (INTA) voted to implement stronger rules for “dual-use” technology exports from the European Union to third countries under the “EU dual-use recast”. Now, the European Parliament’s plenary will have to…
8 December 2017