Ende der Freizügigkeit im Schengen-Raum
Matthias Monroy Immer öfter wird der Schengener Grenzkodex für politische Proteste oder grenzüberschreitende Polizeioperationen unterlaufen, um Kontrollen an den EU-Binnengrenzen zu ermöglichen Zu Recht wurde die Ankündigung der dänischen Regierung zur Errichtung neuer Grenzanlagen heftig kritisiert: Die Schaffung eines Raums ohne Binnengrenzen, in dem der freie Personenverkehr ohne Kontrollen gewährleistet ist, gilt als eine der […]
Studie: Warum Internetzensur zu gewaltsameren Aufständen führt
Der nächste Krawall kommt bestimmt. Über die Frage, wann und wie er kommt, haben sich nicht nur Psychologen den Kopf zerbrochen. Am 14. August veröffentlichten Antonio A. Casilli, Forscher der Telecom ParisTech, und Paola Tubaro der Universität zu Greenwich die Studie Why Net Censorship in Times of Political Unrest Results in More Violent Uprisings: A […]
Social networks to meet home secretary over riots
The major social networks have been called to the home office next Thursday to discuss the English riots. So far only Facebook has confirmed its attendance, although Blackberry has suggested it will also be there. Facebook, Twitter and Blackberry have all been criticised after it emerged that some rioters may have used them to plan […]
Facebook ban for teenager who encouraged rioters
Youth barred from social networking sites for 12 months after posting ‚come on rioters‘ rallying call A 17-year-old who posted a Facebook message saying „come on rioters“ has been banned from social networking sites for 12 months. Appearing at Bury St Edmunds youth court, the teenager, from a nearby village, admitted sending menacing messages on […]
Eine Prise DNA gefällig? Für eine tiefgehende soziale Kontrolle?
Nathalie Roller Staatliche Kontrollwut und Gen-Dateien In Frankreich waren Ende 2009 bereits die DNA-Profile von 1,2 Millionen Bürgern in der Nationalen Datei für genetische Abdrücke (Fichier national automatisé des empreintes génétiques) erfasst. Und diese Gendatei wächst und wächst: 1000 neue Einträge pro Tag! Ein Gewerkschafter, der die DNA Entnahme im Zuge seiner Festnahme verweigert hatte, […]
Trotz alledem: Linke Politik verteidigen!
Aufruf zum Antirepressions-Block bei der Antifa-Demo am 24. September in Leipzig (Neben dieser Textfassung gibts den Aufruf auch als Flugblatt.) Intro In Leipzig gibt es seit Ende 2008 ein Nazi-Zentrum und seit einigen Monaten die Kampagne „Fence Off“, die dessen Schließung erreichen will und für einen konsequenten Antifaschismus eintritt. Die bundesweite Antifademo am 24. September […]
UK pair jailed for using social media to incite riots
Two men have been jailed for four years each in northwest England for inciting disorder via social networking sites as rioting and looting erupted in London and other cities last week, police said Tuesday. The pair, who were arrested last week, were named by Cheshire Police as Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22. Neither […]
MI5 joins social messaging trawl for riot organisers
Intelligence agency asked to crack encrypted messages – especially on BlackBerry Messenger – to help police Vikram Dodd, Richard Norton-Taylor and Josh Halliday The security service MI5 and the electronic interception centre GCHQ have been asked by the government to join the hunt for people who organised last week’s riots, the Guardian has learned. The […]
From Choucha to Tunis – between Migration and Revolution
In May 2011 a delegation of the anti-racist networks Afrique-Europe-Interact and Welcome to Europe went to Tunisia. Apart from Tunis stops of the contact- and fact-finding tour were among others refugee camps at the Libyan border as well as Sidi Bouzid – the place were the uprising started in December 2010. Below are some impressions […]
Facial recognition to be used for London Olympics
London: Facial recognition technology being considered for London’s 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain’s riots, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard’s newly updated face-matching program. The official said that the Metropolitan Police’s sophisticated software was being used […]
England riots: Government mulls social media controls
Curbs on social media and texting are being considered by the government The government is exploring whether to turn off social networks or stop people texting during times of social unrest. David Cameron said the intelligence services and the police were exploring whether it was „right and possible“ to cut off those plotting violence. Texting […]
Google Admits Handing over European User Data to US Intelligence Agencies
Google has admitted complying with requests from US intelligence agencies for data stored in its European data centers, most likely in violation of European Union data protection laws. Gordon Frazer, Microsoft UK’s managing director, made news headlines some weeks ago when he admitted that Microsoft can be compelled to share data with the US government […]
Security Research Conference 2011
We would like to invite you to the Security Research Conference 2011– the largest European conference on research for security, which will be held on: 19-21 September 2011 in Hilton Hotel in Warsaw, Poland This year in the capital of Poland all the security stakeholders will meet for the sixth time. Policy makers, researchers, industry […]
Report your local anarchist
The Metropolitan Police have released an injunction to other police forces in the UK, together with businesses and other organisations, encouraging members of the public to ‚contact your local police force‘ and report on local anarchists. Predictably, anarchists nation-wide are angry at this advice which we believe to be a step towards criminalizing our beliefs. […]
Report your local anarchist
I doubt many people have heard of Project Griffin. It is a joint initiative between the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, set up in 2004 and based at the City Police’s HQ, which has spread its network to police forces around the country and seeks to “advise and familiarise managers, security officers […]
Wer mit Wasser wirft, muss auch Flaschen aushalten
In Hamburg ist es schöne Tradition, dass in der „Schanze“ zweimal pro Jahr ein Stadtteilfest stattfindet, das Schanzenfest. Das Schanzenfest besteht tagsüber aus den üblichen Crèpeständen und Belustigungsbuden; aber gegen Abend hat es sich in der Vergangenheit immer wieder in eine Straßenschlacht verwandelt. Ab dem späten Nachmittag belauern sich in der Regel Einsatzkräfte der Polizei […]
Pooled satellite data for maritime surveillance on the horizon
Oceans cover much of our planet and they are difficult to keep under surveillance, with the trafficking of people, unlicensed fishing and piracy adding to the problem. Satellites, however, can help keep the seas safe. Satellite imagery can be used to locate and track vessels, monitor beaches and ports, and detect unlicensed fishing and illicit […]
Rise in violence by animal rights extremists
by Daniel Mason The European Union should combat the increased violence of animal rights extremists by renewing a dialogue so that their views can be aired in a democratic way, a conference of law enforcement agencies has concluded. Fifty-eight experts from the EU agencies Europol and Eurojust, meeting in The Hague last week, recommended that […]
Virtuelle Ermittler in sozialen Netzen
Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), Bundespolizei und Zoll ermitteln offen und verdeckt in sozialen Netzwerken wie Facebook, StudiVZ und Wer kennt Wen. Das geht aus der Antwort des Bundesinnenministeriums auf eine kleine Anfrage (PDF-Datei) der Linksfraktion im Bundestag hervor. Danach nutzen Beamte des BKA, der Bundespolizei und des Zollfahndungsdienstes die sozialen Netzwerken hauptsächlich zur Verdichtung bereits gewonnener Erkenntnisse. […]
State of insecurity at Egypt’s Ministry of Interior
Massive reshuffle and the removal of officers accused of killing protesters is just the tip of problems engulfing the ministry as it battles with the prime minister and itself over reform Ahmed Eleiba The Egyptian Ministry of Interior today implemented the largest reshuffle of its officers since the outbreak of January 25 Revolution. Most significantly, […]