Facebook and Twitter to oppose calls for social media blocks during riots
Ministers expected to row back from David Cameron’s demand that suspected rioters be barred from websites Josh Halliday Facebook and Twitter are preparing to stand firm against government ministers‘ calls to ban people from social networks or shut their websites down in times of civil unrest. The major social networks are expected to offer no […]
Briten können Polizeiarbeit per App beobachten
Vergeudet die Polizei ihre Zeit mit den falschen Fällen? Trödeln die Beamten im Dienst? In der britischen Gemeinde Runnymede können Bürger die Arbeit ihrer Polizisten jetzt online überwachen und ihnen bei Bedarf auch die Meinung sagen – ganz zeitgemäß per iPhone-App. Wo sind die Gesetzeshüter, wenn man sie braucht? Von Ruhestörungen oder Randalierern geplagt, mag […]
Überwachungsstaaten wegputzen! Linksradikaler Block auf der Demonstration „Freiheit statt Angst“ am 10.9.2011 in Berlin
Uns wird’s zu bunt Demonstration „Freiheit statt Angst“ | Samstag 10.9.2011 | 13 Uhr Pariser Platz, Berlin | Linksradikaler Block Im Anschluß: Stadtrallye im Rahmen der „Woche der Widerspenstigen“ (www.geschichte-wird-gemacht.net) Weitere Infos: outofcontrol.blogsport.de
‚Smart‘ CCTV could track rioters
CCTV that can automatically monitor criminal behaviour and track suspects is being developed by UK scientists. Researchers at Kingston University have created a system that uses artificial intelligence to recognise specific types of behaviour, such as someone holding a gun. The technology is capable of following a person across multiple cameras. Privacy campaigners warned that […]
UK-Riots: Regierung bestellt Twitter & Co. ein
Die Betreiber des Mikroblogging-Dienstes Twitter haben eingewilligt, einer Einladung der britischen Regierung zu Gesprächen zu folgen. Auch Vertreter anderer Social Networking-Angebote werden erwartet, um die Rolle ihrer Services während der Ausschreitungen in den letzten Wochen zu diskutieren. Seitend Großbritanniens wurde der 25. August für das Treffen festgelegt. Facebook hatte kurz darauf zugesagt, einen Vertreter zu […]
Torture in Bahrain Aided by Nokia Siemens
By Vernon Silver and Ben Elgin First, Bahraini jailers armed with stiff rubber hoses beat the 39-year-old school administrator and human rights activist in a windowless room two stories below ground in the Persian Gulf kingdom’s National Security Apparatus building. Then, they dragged him upstairs for questioning by a uniformed officer armed with another kind […]
Uns wird’s zu bunt: Überwachungsstaaten wegputzen
Freiheit wird nicht erbettelt sondern erkämpft Seit 2007 gehen tausende Menschen unter dem Motto “Freiheit statt Angst” in Berlin und anderswo auf die Straße. Von Anfang an beteiligt sich immer auch ein Teil der bürgerlichen Parteilandschaft an dieser Demo. Wegen der bevorstehenden Wahlen ist dieses Jahr aber mit einer besonders penetranten Präsenz zu rechnen. In […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]