EU-Staaten uneins über US-Zugriff auf Polizeidaten

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"Die britische NGO Statewatch hat ein Ratsdokument mit Positionen der EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu den geplanten Verhandlungen über die sogenannte Enhanced Border Security Partnership (EBSP) mit den Vereinigten Staaten veröffentlicht. Es zeigt die Differenzen über den von Washington seit drei Jahren geforderten transatlantischen Zugriff auf Polizeidatenbanken und darin enthaltene Fingerabdrücke und Gesichtsbilder."

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Europol, une technopolice de plus en plus insaisissable

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"Selon une enquête fouillée publiée en septembre par l’ONG britannique Statewatch, Europol a multiplié ces dernières années les échanges et collaborations avec plusieurs géants du numérique, souvent sans cadre contractuel clair ni contrôle public effectif. Le rapport cite notamment Microsoft, Palantir Technologies, Cellebrite DI Ltd., Clearview AI, Thomson Reuters Special Services, Amazon Web Services et Hewlett Packard Enterprise."

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How Europol is cozying up to Microsoft, Palantir, Clearview & Co.

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"Europol is intensifying its cooperation with US tech companies. The civil rights organization Statewatch criticizes this alliance in a research report as opaque and a source of massive conflicts of interest. The cooperation is reportedly so close that Microsoft employees already have their own workstations at the EU police agency's headquarters in The Hague."

Full story: How Europol is cozying up to Microsoft, Palantir, Clearview & Co. 

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【焦点】 議員削減、維新の地盤大阪ではこうなった=橋詰雅博

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 高市早苗首相と日本維新の会の藤田文武共同代表との11月17日会談で連立合意書に盛り込んだ衆議院定数比例区一割削減について、高市首相は「非常に強い意志を持って両党の約束を果たす」と明言した。民意を十分に反映せず、比例当選が多い中小政党を潰す議員削減を自維政権は実現に意欲を示している。 政治とカネ問題を隅に追いやった維新の議員削減は、地盤の大阪で実行済み。2011年の府議選で過半数を得た維新は、それ以降、定数112議席を15年に109に、23年には79まで減らした。その結果、5..
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EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns

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Potential Government Coercion Raises First Amendment Concerns

SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that tech companies remove apps that document immigration enforcement activities in communities throughout the country. 

Tech platforms took down several such apps (including ICE Block, Red Dot, and DeICER) and webpages (including ICE Sighting-Chicagoland) following communications with federal officials this year, raising important questions about government coercion to restrict protected First Amendment activity.

"We're filing this lawsuit to find out just what the government told tech companies," said EFF Staff Attorney F. Mario Trujillo. "Getting these records will be critical to determining whether federal officials crossed the line into unconstitutional coercion and censorship of protected speech."

In October, Apple removed ICEBlock, an app that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in their area, from its App Store. Attorney General Pamela Bondi publicly took credit for the takedown, telling reporters, “We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store—and Apple did so.” In the days that followed, Apple removed several similar apps from the App Store. Google and Meta removed similar apps and webpages from platforms they own as well. Bondi vowed to “continue engaging tech companies” on the issue. 

People have a protected First Amendment right to document and share information about law enforcement activities performed in public. If government officials coerce third parties into suppressing protected activity, this can be unconstitutional, as the government cannot do indirectly what it is barred from doing directly.

Last month, EFF submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the DOJ, DHS and its component agencies ICE and Customs and Border Protection. The requests sought records and communications about agency demands that technology companies remove apps and pages that document immigration enforcement activities. So far, none of the agencies have provided these records. EFF's FOIA lawsuit demands their release.

For the complaint: https://www.eff.org/document/complaint-eff-v-doj-dhs-ice-tracking-apps

For more about the litigation: https://www.eff.org/cases/eff-v-doj-dhs-ice-tracking-apps

Tags: ICEContact:  F. Mario TrujilloStaff Attorneymario@eff.org
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