Tag: Baden-Württemberg
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Berlin installs AI cameras to detect suspicious behaviour. A Hamburg project has researched the consequences of such Orwell-style surveillance
Berlin’s police plan to use AI cameras to detect “suspicious” behaviour. The Hamburg Loki research project examined what such algorithmic surveillance really means in practice – for privacy, marginalised groups and public space. The Hamburg police say the AI cameras…
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Police use of firearms and tasers in Germany: New statistics show record highs and disprove hardliners
More injuries and still many deaths from police shootings, along with more taser deployments: Current figures from Germany show a significant increase in police use of police weapons. This undermines the arguments of taser advocates. Police forces in Germany’s 16…
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Activists storm headquarters of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit in Germany and damage property
At least five activists have stormed the German headquarters of Elbit Systems, damaging furniture and equipment. They are following the example of the British group “Palestine Action,” which has successfully weakened Israel’s largest arms manufacturer. On Monday, a at least…
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Anti-Elbit protest in Germany: ‘Blood, blood, blood on your hands’
Israel’s largest armaments company also produces in Germany. A protest camp in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, is campaigning for the closure of the sites and demanding a stop to all arms exports to Israel. Anton Benz and Matthias Monroy It was a…