Tag: Police
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New surveillance method revealed: German authorities let IP addresses be “caught” with no clear legal basis
A new form of surveillance requires telephone providers to scan the internet behaviour of all customers. Further details are secret. In September, the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk uncovered a previously little-known surveillance method: IP catching. On Tuesday, netzpolitik.org published internal…
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Fatally shot from behind: German Police chased young man into side street and killed him
A demonstration was held in Oldenburg on Friday over the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Lorenz A. The Fundamental Rights Committee warns against accepting police accounts without checking them. The 21-year-old who was killed by a police officer in Oldenburg on…
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German dissent on Palantir: Several federal states oppose the US software for the police
Conservative-led federal states want to introduce technology from a Trump supporter across Germany. The future CSU Federal Ministry of the Interior could help. When the German Federal Council recently voted in favour of a joint data analysis platform for the…
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Grand control coalition: German conservatives and social democrats call for ‘zero tolerance’ on internal security
The incoming government hands over the Federal Ministry of the Interior to the Conservatives. The coalition agreement proclaims a ‘turning point’ in internal security. Stricter surveillance measures and laws are planned. With the new coalition agreement published on Wednesday, the…