Hola W y tod@xs,

On Crime Time TV this week: "Watching the Watchers":

"The European Union has agreed to stricter rules on the sale and export of cyber-surveillance technologies like facial recognition and spyware. After years of negotiations, the new regulation will be announced today in Brussels. Details of the plan were reportedhttps://www.politico.eu/article/europe-to-curtail-spyware-exports-to-authoritarian-countries/ in Politico last month.

The regulation requires companies to get a government license to sell technology with military applications; calls for more due diligence on such sales to assess the possible human rights risks; and requires governments to publicly share details of the licenses they grant. These sales are typically cloaked in secrecy, meaning that multibillion-dollar technology is bought and sold with little public scrutiny."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/09/1011837/europe-is-adopting-stric...https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/09/1011837/europe-is-adopting-stricter-rules-on-surveillance-tech/?truid=ff8397311b5e3fdea72c27013db1af7a&utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_term=non-subs&utm_content=11-10-2020&mc_cid=6099a5b979&mc_eid=62f0fbde91

Over and out, R

________________________________ From: thingist thingist-bounces@mailman.thing.net on behalf of w w@thing.net Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 7:49 AM To: thingist thingist@mailman.thing.net Subject: [thingist] Prime time crime

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/business/amaz...

EU is finally taking action against Amazon. As usual, it's too little too late, but at least Vestager is moving, while Dorothee Bär prefers to play cheerleader for the games industry.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/royal...

Attachment: Collage by Peter Fend

Btw, Fend has a show opening soon at Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin: "Birds Reign" from November 21, 2020 until January 23, 2021.