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EU: Law enforcement data access demands could encompass any connected device
Law enforcement officials are meeting today and tomorrow in Logroño, Spain, to discuss "access to electronic communications and digital data as a premise for law enforcement." The Spanish Council Presidency published a discussion paper prior to the meeting, but a document obtained by Statewatch offers far more information on current plans. Read More
G7: Still coming after encryption, plans to reinforce Interpol and global travel surveillance
The recent meeting of G7 interior and security ministers in London resulted in a detailed set of commitments, including reassertion of the need to undermine encrypted communications, reinforce Interpol, and to enforce new international standards on Passenger Name Record (PNR) travel surveillance and passenger profiling systems. Read More
How the Five Eyes countries share immigration data
The 'Five Eyes' countries - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA - are perhaps best known for their role in global spying and surveillance for the purposes of "national security". However, this is not the only way in which they cooperate. A report for Radio New Zealand looks at how and why they share immigration data. Read More
‘Five Country Ministerial’ – official “communiqué” short on substance
At the end of June, the UK Home Office quietly published a "communiqué" announcing the results of a 'Five Country Ministerial' meeting, in which officials from the 'Five Eyes' countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA) get together to discuss matters of common interest. On the agenda: law enforcement and security threats stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and encryption. Read More
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism: regulating expression online, without accountability?
An article in Slate looks at the workings of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), a global, informal body set up in 2017 by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube in response to government pressure to 'do something' about hate speech and extremist content online. Are its methods for regulating online speech transparent, accountable and under democratic control? Read More
New agreements: European Union wants to expand use of passenger data
"The EU Parliament is to deal with a new agreement on the exchange of passenger data with Canada." Read More
A Threat from Within? Exploring the Link between the Extreme Right and the Military
"Right-wing violence and terrorism have slowly gained more academic and public attention in recent years, with an increase in anti-immigration and anti-government organised violence from the extreme right in most Western countries. Some evidence exists that right-wing extremists have attempted to infiltrate the military in their home countries to gain access to tactical training, weapons, and to recruit highly skilled new members." Read More
Calls for backdoor access to WhatsApp as Five Eyes nations meet
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communications Read More
FIVE EYES: London meeting: ‘Illegitimate’ internet use under the microscope at Five Eyes meeting
FIVE EYES: London meeting: ‘Illegitimate’ internet use under the microscope at Five Eyes meeting: Goodale (Global News, link): "Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale heads out for the Five Eyes meeting in London on Sunday, and Read More
Five Eyes in the Library of Babel
"The Five Eyes, an intelligence-sharing arrangement between the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, owes its foundations to World War II. Significantly, cooperation started by sharing intelligence on foreign communications—through interception, collection and analysis, and associated cryptographic tools." Read More