Tag: Poland
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Massive increase in data requests at Google & Co while Trump cancels talks about EU-US e-evidence agreement
An analysis shows that government requests for user data from tech companies are increasing dramatically. An email provider specialising in encryption refers to this as ‘surveillance capitalism’. Authorities from EU countries are stepping up their surveillance practices by requesting more…
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Racial profiling almost doubled: Left party calls to unjustified checks at German borders
The number of undocumented entries detected by the Federal Police fell drastically in 2024. At the same time, the number of suspicionless checks almost doubled. In 2024, the Federal Police carried out 6.1 million checks at German borders, more than…
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Von der Leyen on ‘weaponisation of migration’: From now on, refoulement of refugees is allowed
The EU Commission has published a communication according to which states are authorised to pushback refugees to Russia and Belarus if they ‘use migration as a weapon’. This opens the floodgates for even more human rights violations. On Wednesday, the…
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Surveillance technology from Saxony: Secret facial recognition in five German federal states
In various German states, the police in Saxony have set up a covert camera at the side of the road to identify suspicious persons driving past. Now there are details about the technology, which was first revealed in Berlin. Investigators…
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Anti-Antifa from German Bundestag: MP assistant says to run right-wing “manhunt platform”
As an assistant to an AfD MP, Mario Müller fights German anti-fascists at home and abroad. He boasted about his alleged successes at the „Düsseldorf Forum“, where influential right-wingers met in secret. Accordingly, Müller also played a role in the…
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Attention, facial recognition! Saxony continues to operate camera columns in Upper Lusatia
After Görlitz, the police now also want to set up systems for recognition of facial images in Zittau. This system is unprecedented in Germany. The Görlitz police department wants to continue using its “Person Identification System” (Peris) based on facial…