[thingist] Prime time crime

[Dominguez, Ricardo]

Hola W y tod at 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 reported<https://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-stricter-rules-on-surveillance-tech/<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



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https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/business/amazon-eu-antitrust.html__;!!Mih3wA!VCps-gtkM9y44kYQEd_NfX2ZdOCfj9HA5lhh4jgKmHIfhNuoEz4HA65BkiCVBAHzPJU$

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/royals/id_85558218/dorothee-baer-staatsministerin-ueberrascht-mit-superheldin-outfit.html__;!!Mih3wA!VCps-gtkM9y44kYQEd_NfX2ZdOCfj9HA5lhh4jgKmHIfhNuoEz4HA65BkiCV8P5uPdo$

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.
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