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27Jan/23

The spy clause and the end of anonymity

January 27, 2023SecurityAnonymity, Canada, China, Computer networking, Computing, Cryptography, David Kaye, Digital technology, Hamilton, Human rights, Instant messaging, Internet privacy, Iran, Manchester, Mathew Ryder, Phil Bradley-, Rebecca Mackinnon, Russia, Samuel Woodhams Digital, Social networking services, Terms of service, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom, Virtual private network, WhatsAppadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

The long, turbulent history of UK’s Online Safety Bill can be traced back to 2017, with the publication of the Internet Safety Strategy green paper. Since then, the proposed legislation has gone through endless revisions, been delayed and, at times, looked like it might be dropped entirely. Continue reading →

13Jan/23

Reclaiming privacy

January 13, 2023SecurityCensorship, Circumvention, Computing, Content-control software, Digital technology, Egypt, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Great Firewall, India, Information and communications technology, Internet censorship, Internet censorship circumvention, Internet privacy, Internet security, Iran, IRanASignalProxy, Mahsa Amini, META, Proxy server, Russia, Samuel Woodhams Digital, Sri Lanka, Tehran, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Statesadmin

By Samuel Woodhams | Digital rights researcher and journalist

Last week, WhatsApp announced a new proxy support feature that will help people stay connected during internet disruptions. The app is often targeted by government censors because messages on the end-to-end encrypted service can’t be intercepted, enabling people to organise protests and share critical information in private.
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26Oct/22

Four scenarios for a world in disorder

October 26, 2022PoliticsAfghanistan, Antony Blinken, Australia, Barack Obama, Beijing, Berlin, Brazil, Cambridge, China, Countries, Creative Commons, David Bach, Donald Trump, G20 nations, Geography of Asia, Germany, Giorgia Meloni, Greece, Hungary, Inflation, Iran, Italy, Jair Bolsonaro, James Bond, Japan, John Hopkins, Member states of the United Nations, Mussolini, North Korea, Paul Volcker, Pierre Olivier Gourinchas, Political economy, Populism, Richard Nixon, Rio Tinto, Roberto Stefan Foa, Russia, Soviet Union, Stagflation, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, Unemployment, United States, Viktor Orban, Vladimir Putin, Washington, World, Xi Jinping, Yaschaadmin

David Bach, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent speech to the Communist Party Congress could be one of the most consequential of the decade. He told the audience – and the world – that his economic growth-crushing zero-COVID policy is here to stay, and that Beijing is more determined than ever to reunify with Taiwan, peacefully if possible and by force if necessary.

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26Aug/22

The inside story of the CIA v Russia – from cold war conspiracy to ‘black’ propaganda in Ukraine

August 26, 2022PoliticsAfghanistan, Art Hulnick, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Barry Goldwater, Bill Casey, Bob Gates, Bridget Rose Nolan, Caspar Weinberger, Central Intelligence Agency, Civil awards and decorations of the United States, Cold War, Cold War conflicts, Contras, Creative Commons, Dmitri Medvedev, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Egypt, Federal government of the United States, Geneva, George Shultz, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iran–Contra affair, Iraq, Israel, Jennifer Lynn Gaudemans, Joe Biden, John Brennan, John Le Carré, John Negroponte, Kabul, Langley, Leonid Brezhnev, Libya, Michelle Obama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mohammad Mossadegh, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Moscow, Nicaragua, Nicaragua–United States relations, Nicaraguan Revolution, Nick, Nikolai Patrushev, North Korea, Osama bin Laden, Overcompliance, Patrick Moynihan, Peter A Clement, Poland, Presidency of Ronald Reagan, Putin Burns, Reagan, Rhodri Jeffreys, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, Robert Gates, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russo, Soviet Union, Soviet Union–United States relations, St Petersburg, Stasi, Syria, Tehran, the national security agency, Thomas Fingar, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam, Vladimir Putin, Washington, Washington Trust, William F Burns, William J Burns, Zawahriadmin

In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over.

In a New York Times opinion piece, Moynihan wrote:

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08Jul/22

OPINION: Food crisis promises a global wave of unrest

July 8, 2022Economy2007–08 world food price crisis, Andrew Firmin, Articles, Business economics, Chile, CIVICUS, Contemporary history, Economy, Ecuador, Egypt, food, Food prices, Gasoline and diesel usage and pricing, Impact of the Arab Spring, Iran, Kazakhstan, Late modern period, Pricing, Protest, Quito, Russia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Ukraine, World food price crisische

Andrew Firmin is editor-in-chief at CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, and one of the lead authors of the 2022 State of Civil Society Report.

For the past couple of weeks, mass protests have brought the South American nation of Ecuador to a standstill.
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