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"Chief prosecutor of the #InternationalCriminalCourt #KarimKhan in May had access to his #Microsoft hosted email cut after U.S. #sanctions over the arrest warrant for #Israeli Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu."
Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it
Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.
www.politico.eu
June 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Amid anger and protest over the Trump administration’s plan to deport millions of immigrants, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to monitor and locate “negative” social media discussion about the agency and its top officials, according to contract documents reviewed by The Intercept."
ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
theintercept.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“The security and intelligence community have always used issues that scare lawmakers, like children and terrorism, to undermine online privacy.”
The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer? | Apostolis Fotiadis
Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📺 Is the Chinese state using TikTok to spy on you? Why did President Biden move to shut TikTok down in the US the day before Trump's inauguration? And where does TikTok fit into China's cognitive warfare strategy?

Listen as David and Gordon take a deep dive into how China spies in the 21st century.
Why China Won't Sell TikTok
YouTube video by The Rest Is Classified
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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December 21, 2024 at 4:05 PM
"The friendship between Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and Elon Musk is the talk of Italy.

The two first expressed their mutual admiration in an official picture during Musk’s visit to the Italian prime minister’s official residence, Palazzo Chigi, in June 2023."

#elonmusk #meloni
Elon Musk and Giorgia Meloni: a burgeoning friendship the world should keep an eye on
The Italian prime minister and the world’s richest man share many worldviews, but the alliance is risky for Meloni.
theconversation.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:52 PM
"The classic violence of GTA takes on completely new meaning in Grand Theft Hamlet, often becoming comedic. For instance, early in the development of the production, Crane and Oosterveen have to ask audience members to please “refrain from killing each other … and don’t kill the actors either”."
Grand Theft Hamlet documentary shines a light on reinventing Shakespeare in a virtual world
COVID might have closed the theatres but the show went on in Grand Theft Auto.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:34 PM
"The dancing that their works depict moves beyond the canvas of the painting, or the borders of the sculpture. Their choreography extends to the gallery’s visitors, moving around looking at the works, unaware that they too are part of the dance."
Motion in Stillness – compelling exhibition explores the art of dance and movement
All the artists displayed in the exhibition use choreography in their work.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:41 AM
"To understand the disillusionment with progress that took hold a half century ago, we have to understand why progress seemed glamorous in the first place and what its grace obscured. What exactly was its allure and to whom? What was the nature of its illusion?"
The world of tomorrow - Works in Progress
When the future arrived, it felt… ordinary. What happened to the glamour of tomorrow?
worksinprogress.co
December 8, 2024 at 12:24 PM
ALA.NI, Patrice, Celeste, Kareen Guiock Thuram, Kham Meslien and Youn Sun Nah celebrate the legacy of Nina Simone at the Pantheon in Paris. Six artists, six emotional perspectives on the work of this timeless artist.
Nina Simone - Resonances - ARTE Concert
YouTube video by ARTE Concert
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Flanked by mother Elisabeth Roma and husband Pol Batlle, Payés performs contemporary, nimble Spanish jazz that still leans heavily on tradition. Born to a musical family in a seaside town, she grew up immersed in its music culture.
Rita Payés: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 10:02 PM
"Trump certainly won’t want a deal that leaves him appearing to be a loser. Putin, in turn, wants a continuing partner in Trump because he has several goals he needs to accomplish—such as getting out from under the crushing sanctions that the United States and its allies have imposed on Russia."
A table for five: What to expect from each player at Ukraine peace talks
For Ukraine's negotiations to succeed, all parties involved will have to shift away from a winner-take-all zero-sum game and search for a truly balanced outcome instead.
thebulletin.org
December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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"We visited the beautiful city of Warsaw, Poland to talk to: Miriam Rasch (writer and philosopher), Mustafa Ünlü (documentary filmmaker and journalist) and Luka Lisjak Gabrijecic (editor at the journal Razpotja) about AI in Journalism."
Does AI make us dumb? Standard Time talk show S2E06
YouTube video by Eurozine
youtu.be
December 2, 2024 at 6:23 PM
"This show opens with a massacre of Allied soldiers and Chinese civilians that survivors pin on the Taiwanese guards. The question is how circumstances turned these young men into war criminals."

interview with director Chieh-heng Sun (孫介珩) and producer Inch Lin (林佳儒)
Televising Taiwan’s Painful Past
What can a new Taiwanese drama, exploring the country’s complicated role as a Japanese colony during the Second World War, tell us about its media and current perceptions of its history?
linguasinica.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:43 PM
"For democratic nations outside the US, this power shift threatens their very ability to govern digital spaces. The mechanism is simple but effective: bilateral trade agreements will be wielded to override local attempts at tech regulation and enforcement."
On the Coming Merger of Tech and State Power | TechPolicy.Press
Taylor Owen writes that the merger of state and tech power is a fundamental challenge to democratic governance in the digital age.
www.techpolicy.press
November 27, 2024 at 2:25 PM
The forced and involuntary sterilisation of women, particularly Romani women and women with disabilities, was a government-sponsored eugenics program in communist Czechoslovakia. Despite the official policy being abolished in 1993 the practice continued, with the last known case in 2007.
These Roma women were sterilized without their consent. Is compensation enough to stop the fight?
Elena Gorolová repeated her story until the Czech government was forced to listen.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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Conquista, colonialismo, ¿perdón? Este jueves hablaré sobre la relación entre España y Latinoamérica con la periodista mexicana Eileen Truax @eileentruax.bsky.social y el profesor de Ciencia Política Jorge Resina @jorgeresina.bsky.social. Reserva tu entrada! www.eldiario.es/eventos/encu...
#epi2024
Un evento organizado por elDiario.es que reúne a líderes del periodismo iberoamericano en Madrid el 28 de noviembre de 2024
www.eldiario.es
November 25, 2024 at 7:40 PM
In everyday interactions, racial phenotype and skin colour determine access to cultural citizenship and belonging. Racialised understandings of ethnic groups permeate institutions and society. Nordic Exceptionalism justifies discrimination of non-Western immigrants and minority racialised Danes.
Why race matters in Denmark and the consequence of ignoring it
Like many of its European neighbors, Denmark has a long history as a colonizing nation. The Nordic nation participated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade...
eitw.nd.edu
November 26, 2024 at 7:11 PM
“Benyamin Netanyahu’s government is openly targeting media independence and pluralism in Israel. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi is leveraging the ongoing war to silence voices that criticise the far-right coalition in power."

Anne Bocandé
Editorial Director, Reporters Without Borders
Israel: RSF condemns the attacks on media independence by the government of Benyamin Netanyahu
As Israel’s war against Gaza and Lebanon rages on, Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi is trying to reshape Israel’s media landscape. Between a law banning foreign media outlets that are dee...
rsf.org
November 26, 2024 at 1:52 PM