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North Korean Smartphone Exposes Regime's Sophisticated Information Control
A secretly smuggled North Korean smartphone reveals the regime's sophisticated surveillance methods, including automatic screenshots and censorship of South Korean terms, showcasing their intensified information control amidst efforts by South Korean organizations to introduce outside information.
North Korean Smartphone Exposes Regime's Sophisticated Information Control
A secretly smuggled North Korean smartphone reveals the regime's sophisticated surveillance methods, including automatic screenshots and censorship of South Korean terms, showcasing their intensified information control amidst efforts by South Korean organizations to introduce outside information.
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48% Bias Score
Thuringia's Controversial Police Law: Enhanced Powers vs. Civil Liberties
Thuringia's proposed police law seeks to modernize policing by expanding police powers, including the use of electronic ankle monitors and AI-driven data analysis for enhanced victim protection, particularly in domestic violence cases, but faces opposition over potential civil liberties violations.
Thuringia's Controversial Police Law: Enhanced Powers vs. Civil Liberties
Thuringia's proposed police law seeks to modernize policing by expanding police powers, including the use of electronic ankle monitors and AI-driven data analysis for enhanced victim protection, particularly in domestic violence cases, but faces opposition over potential civil liberties violations.
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36% Bias Score
Citizen Informants in Turkey: A Recurring Pattern of Political Repression
In Turkey, a landlord reported a tenant to the police for a social media post supporting CHP's boycott, resulting in the tenant's detention for inciting hatred; this highlights a pattern of citizens using each other's political views as legal justification, with historical precedents dating back to ...
Citizen Informants in Turkey: A Recurring Pattern of Political Repression
In Turkey, a landlord reported a tenant to the police for a social media post supporting CHP's boycott, resulting in the tenant's detention for inciting hatred; this highlights a pattern of citizens using each other's political views as legal justification, with historical precedents dating back to ...
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52% Bias Score
Japan Enacts Law for Preemptive Cyberdefense
Japan's parliament passed a law authorizing preemptive cyberdefense measures, including communication data monitoring and server neutralization, to counter cyberattacks and enhance national cybersecurity by 2027, while addressing privacy concerns.
Japan Enacts Law for Preemptive Cyberdefense
Japan's parliament passed a law authorizing preemptive cyberdefense measures, including communication data monitoring and server neutralization, to counter cyberattacks and enhance national cybersecurity by 2027, while addressing privacy concerns.
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36% Bias Score
AfD Challenges German Surveillance, Citing Parliamentary Immunity
The AfD in Thuringia and Saxony is challenging its surveillance by the German domestic intelligence agency, Verfassungsschutz, citing parliamentary immunity; a court case is underway, with the AfD arguing that surveillance infringes upon its mandate and the Thuringian Interior Minister, Georg Maier,...
AfD Challenges German Surveillance, Citing Parliamentary Immunity
The AfD in Thuringia and Saxony is challenging its surveillance by the German domestic intelligence agency, Verfassungsschutz, citing parliamentary immunity; a court case is underway, with the AfD arguing that surveillance infringes upon its mandate and the Thuringian Interior Minister, Georg Maier,...
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56% Bias Score
Bavarian Court Upholds Controversial Police Law, Defining "Imminent Danger
The Bavarian Constitutional Court partially upheld a 2021 law allowing police intervention based on "drohende Gefahr" (imminent danger), despite criticism that this vague term allows for excessive police action; the court specified that this definition applies specifically to threats of terrorist or...
Bavarian Court Upholds Controversial Police Law, Defining "Imminent Danger
The Bavarian Constitutional Court partially upheld a 2021 law allowing police intervention based on "drohende Gefahr" (imminent danger), despite criticism that this vague term allows for excessive police action; the court specified that this definition applies specifically to threats of terrorist or...
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44% Bias Score
France Considers Legalizing Facial Recognition Technology
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin proposed a working group to explore legalizing facial recognition technology, citing its crime-fighting potential despite its current restrictions and uncertain effectiveness, raising concerns about privacy and algorithmic bias.
France Considers Legalizing Facial Recognition Technology
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin proposed a working group to explore legalizing facial recognition technology, citing its crime-fighting potential despite its current restrictions and uncertain effectiveness, raising concerns about privacy and algorithmic bias.
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52% Bias Score
Germany to Equip Federal Police with Tasers, Modernize 1994 Law
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt advocates for swiftly equipping the Federal Police with tasers, citing their effectiveness in neutralizing armed suspects, while also pushing for a modernization of the 1994 Bundespolizeigesetz to integrate AI and improved telecommunication surveillance.
Germany to Equip Federal Police with Tasers, Modernize 1994 Law
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt advocates for swiftly equipping the Federal Police with tasers, citing their effectiveness in neutralizing armed suspects, while also pushing for a modernization of the 1994 Bundespolizeigesetz to integrate AI and improved telecommunication surveillance.
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44% Bias Score
Algorithms in Law Enforcement: Balancing Efficiency and Equity
Algorithms are increasingly used in law enforcement and the justice system to predict crime and recidivism, raising concerns about bias, transparency, and accountability, despite potential benefits in consistency and efficiency.
Algorithms in Law Enforcement: Balancing Efficiency and Equity
Algorithms are increasingly used in law enforcement and the justice system to predict crime and recidivism, raising concerns about bias, transparency, and accountability, despite potential benefits in consistency and efficiency.
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20% Bias Score
Hong Kong 'Patriot' Reports Dozens to Police Under National Security Law
Ins Tang, a former Hong Kong bank employee, reports nearly 100 individuals and organizations to authorities for alleged violations of the national security law, highlighting the chilling effect on dissent and the rise of pro-Beijing 'patriots' actively monitoring citizens.
Hong Kong 'Patriot' Reports Dozens to Police Under National Security Law
Ins Tang, a former Hong Kong bank employee, reports nearly 100 individuals and organizations to authorities for alleged violations of the national security law, highlighting the chilling effect on dissent and the rise of pro-Beijing 'patriots' actively monitoring citizens.
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52% Bias Score
German Court to Review AfD Extremist Classification
Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution temporarily suspended its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a confirmed right-wing extremist following a lawsuit by the AfD, pending judicial review; the AfD hailed this as a victory, but experts say it's a ro...
German Court to Review AfD Extremist Classification
Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution temporarily suspended its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a confirmed right-wing extremist following a lawsuit by the AfD, pending judicial review; the AfD hailed this as a victory, but experts say it's a ro...
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0% Bias Score
São Paulo's Smart Sampa: 1,044 Fugitives Apprehended, Privacy Concerns Raised
São Paulo's Smart Sampa, a facial recognition system using 25,000 cameras, has resulted in the arrest of 1,044 fugitives and 2,289 criminals in six months, raising concerns about privacy despite high public approval.
São Paulo's Smart Sampa: 1,044 Fugitives Apprehended, Privacy Concerns Raised
São Paulo's Smart Sampa, a facial recognition system using 25,000 cameras, has resulted in the arrest of 1,044 fugitives and 2,289 criminals in six months, raising concerns about privacy despite high public approval.
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68% Bias Score
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