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How would that be even remotely acceptable?!
"Under the proposed EU-US EBSP framework, the DHS[/ICE] would gain access to national biometric databases for the purposes of immigration screening and vetting [...] The draft agreement seen by Euractiv also allows for the transfer of “special categories” of personal data – for example on political opinions, trade union memberships, information about a person’s sex life or their biometric data.”
Really enjoyed this scoop from the Financial Times, where a team of reporters identified 48 seemingly independent companies working from different physical addresses that appear to be operating together to disguise the origin of Russian oil, particularly from Kremlin-controlled Rosneft. The kicker: The network was discovered because they all share a single private email server.
From the (paywalled) story:
"The FT was able to identify 442 web domains whose public registrations show they all use a single private server for their email, “mx.phoenixtrading.ltd”, showing that they share back-office functions."
"The FT was then able to identify companies by comparing the names in the domain to those of entities that appear in Russian and Indian customs records as involved in carrying Russian oil."
"For example, Foxton FZCO, a Dubai-based entity listed as the buyer of $5.6bn of oil in Russian export filings, matches “foxton-fzco.com”. Similarly, Advan Alliance, an entity listed in Indian filings as having sold $1.5bn of Russian oil into the country, can be linked to “advanalliance.ltd”. "
"Filings linked by the FT to the domain list show oil exports from Russia amounting to more than $90bn."
https://www.ft.com/content/4310f010-2b3c-493e-ba0a-26dc6d156b2e
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🧑⚖️ Incredible testimony by Judge Nicolas Guillou about the weaponization of US sanctions against him & 10 other magistrates.
👉 Cancelled hotel booking, even in France.
👉 Packages not delivered because French site used UPS.
👉 No bank card because Visa/Mastercard dominance.
For years, we've worried mostly about confidentiality of our data, but availability is being increasingly challenged with unhinged sanctions by the US that can one day affect us all for standing for our principes
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TIL: The earliest use of the word "terrorism" identified by the Oxford English Dictionary is a 1795 reference to tyrannical state behavior, the "reign of terrorism" in France."
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Oh noes, the US Trade Representative is acting like the mafia again.
They want to take some unrelated companies hostage because of the failure of X and other tech companies to follow clear non-discriminative rules or pay their fines.
Say all you want about the imperfections of European Digital Rules but at least there's a framework of rules and not a “we don't like what they are doing, let's pick on some of their companies" vibe is clearly the US vibe here, not the EU's.
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