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09 November 2020
EU inches closer to ban on end-to-end encryption
An article in ITPro refers to a Council document released to the public by Statewatch, which reveals the long-standing nature of the EU's sought "balance" between robust security and ease of access for law enforcement.
06 October 2020
Europol charts ‘value of accessing data’ in encrypted cybercrime
An article in Euractiv refers to a Council document obtained and released to the public by Statewatch on the need to create ‘legal solutions’ that would facilitate the police in their ongoing investigations of encrypted communications networks.
27 August 2020
Greece has a deadly new migration policy – and all of Europe is to blame
An article in The Guardian on the EU's border push-backs of migrants conducted by Greece includes a reference to Statewatch's 2020 report Deportation Union.
17 February 2020
EU agrees to deploy warships to enforce Libya arms embargo
An article in The Guardian refers to an internal EU memo that was released to the public by Statewatch concerning the operation to come into force as the mission to save migrants and refugees is scaled down.
12 June 2019
La 5G provoque un vent de panique au sein des services de sécurité européens
The front-page article of Le Monde's printed edition was based on a Statewatch analysis. The article discusses restricted documents from Europol and the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator on the ways that 5G technology will negatively affect the wiretapping abilites of law enforcement agencies.
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- Europe urged to revoke UK's data adequacy status
- IOM’s digital tool aims to speed up migrant removals, but at what cost?
- UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
- "Größte Bedrohung": EU-Ratsspitze will anonyme SIM-Karten EU-weit verbieten
- The silence of Italy’s Guardia di Finanza on drones deployed in the Mediterranean
- The EU will soon have the largest hoard of biometric data on earth – and travellers could suffer
- Will Frontex’s expansion lead to more oversight and accountability?
- Deutschland drängt auf EU-weite Verfolgung und Überwachung von Fahrzeugen
- Fondettes: une galerie expose « Calais après la jungle »
- Egypt and Tunisia ‘not interested’ in migrant deals with EU
- Egypt and Tunisia show 'little interest' in EU migration deal despite billions
- EU und Kanada: Neues Abkommen zur Übermittlung von Fluggastdaten steht
- Så gick Frontex från liten myndighet till högteknologisk propagandamaskin
- L’Allemagne envisage de scruter les réseaux sociaux des demandeurs de visas Schengen
- How should Europe deal with its migration crisis?
- Marruecos solo acepta el 8% de las expulsiones de sus nacionales emitidas por la UE
- What happens if I’m rejected for an Etias – and can I appeal?
- Frontex goes drone shopping as EU looks to keep migrants out
- Immigration : l’Europe veut « mieux criminaliser » les exilés et leurs soutiens
- La Unión Europea usará inteligencia artificial para controlar los flujos migratorios en las fronteras
- How Sweden pushes for EU access to encrypted data
- Come funzionano i voli di rimpatrio forzato dall’Italia alla Tunisia
- The truth about the shadowy ‘Migration 5’
- Academic boycotts over Gaza war jeopardise Israel’s place in Horizon Europe
- Met police to pay ‘five-figure sum’ to French publisher arrested under anti-terror laws
- EU funding drone technology used by Israel in Gaza war, claim monitors
- Kunstmatige intelligentie maakt de Europese grenzen nog killer. ‘Europa verschuilt zich achter technologie’
- Irak ottaa nyt palautettavat kansalaisensa vastaan, Somalia kieltäytyy yhä yhteistyöstä
- USA krever fri adgang til å søke i norske registre
- Police to be able to run face recognition searches on 50m driving licence holders
- New Brexit fingerprint checks for UK travellers in Europe set to start in 2024
- NGOs: EU asylum overhaul will create 'cruel system'
- People-smuggling profits at historic high, EU concedes
- Europol löscht NoBorder-Initiativen aus Terrorbericht
- Svensken som ska hålla Frontex på mattan: ”Kan inte vara överallt”
- Migrazioni: l’Unione Europea pianifica nuovi accordi con Egitto e Tunisia mentre continua a sostenere la Libia nella lotta alle partenze
- Visafreiheit: USA wollen Zugriff auf EU-Biometriedaten bilateral durchsetzen
- EU will drohendes Grenzchaos mit Biometrie und App verhindern
- Greek data watchdog to rule on AI systems in refugee camps
- Dünya çapında kullanılıyor: İngiltere, derhal durdurmaları için harekete geçti!
- Surge in police use of facial recognition sparks concerns over wrongful targeting
- The cost of migration: Europe's response
- Brexit: EU issues guidance after Britons 'wrongfully held' at Schengen borders
- Droni in Niger e radar nel Mediterraneo: l'Ue spende miliardi per confini hi-tech
- The human cost of AI in EU-Africa's migration surveillance
- Leak: EU ministers want to keep more obstacles for long term permits
- UK government must be more open on use of AI, say campaigners
- Overvåkingen er ulovlig i EU. I Norge fortsetter den
- Visafreie Einreise: USA erwarten "systematische Transfers" biometrischer Daten
- Wie soll künstliche Intelligenz reguliert werden?
- Seulement 207 migrants relocalisés par le programme de volontariat de l'Union européenne
- El nuevo mecanismo de reparto de refugiados de la UE vuelve a encallar
- Immigrazione, per contrastarla la Commissione Ue consiglia intese ‘segrete’: ecco gli effetti
- EU Commission wants drones for Bulgaria on Turkey border
- EU plant Polizeiabkommen mit Israel
- Lotta al crimine, le scelte europee e le nuove regole di Europol, che possono essere utilizzate per controllare gli attivisti più critici
- Sorvegliare in nome della sicurezza: le Agenzie Ue vogliono carta bianca
- Miliardi sulla pelle dei migranti: la sorveglianza delle frontiere fa ricca l’industria delle armi
- Creeping authoritarianism – the next threat to our civil liberties
- The West will soon be sharing their citizens’ biometric data
- Frontex planning operations in Senegal and Mauritania, claims NGO
- El presupuesto europeo destinado a seguridad y defensa aumenta un 123%
- L’investimento senza precedenti dell’Ue su difesa e frontiere: a uguaglianza e diritti le briciole
- EU-Verordnung zu E-Privacy wieder in Bewegung
- Frontex arme de plus en plus ses agents pour les années à venir
- Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System
- UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases
- Human rights groups slam Egypt-EU joint bid to head counter-terrorism agency
- EU plans joint bid with Egypt to lead global counter-terrorism body
- Fortress Europe increasingly stingy on asylum
- As EU Pours Money Into Libya to Tackle Migration, is Bloc Ignoring Human Rights Abuses?
- Turkish Military Targeted by Sinister Algorithm Following 2016 Coup
- Mehrere EU-Staaten drängen auf neue EU-weite Vorratsdatenspeicherung
- Föräldrar till barn med Downs syndrom riskerar sparken i Turkiet
- EU border agency deported record number of people in first half of 2021
- Turkish Army Uses Algorithm to ‘Persecute’ Gulenists: Report
- Government plans imminent legislation for digital visas
- Council document hints at progress on cross-border electronic evidence
- EU 'stands by Afghans' but wants most kept away
- Europol soll Evakuierte aus Kabul anstellen
- Auditors: EU migrant return deals 'encourage' arrivals
- EU-Migrationskontrolle: Biometrie-Superdatenbank verursacht Milliardenkosten
- Brits wetsvoorstel: tot 14 jaar celstraf voor journalisten die vertrouwelijke overheidszaken onthullen
- EU agency denies asylum seekers' rights, report says
- Gilles de Kerchove erfindet „linksterroristische“ Gefahr
- Priti Patel’s new threat to British journalists
- Refugee support organisation calls for donations after donor pulls out following Greek ‘criminalisation campaign’
- Workplace, public space: workers organising in the age of facial recognition
- L’Unione Europea punta tutto sui rimpatri
- La base de données biométriques du Sénégal facilite l’expulsion de l’UE
- EU commission calls Frontex its new 'Return Agency'
- Why EU needs to be wary that AI will increase racial profiling
- EU-Staaten bremsen bei neuen Kompetenzen für Europol
- Frontex is een oncontroleerbaar beest geworden
- Europa financió una 'máquina de la verdad' y prepara una base de datos con información biométrica de 400 millones de personas para proteger sus fronteras, pero no todos están de acuerdo
- Frontex’s growing pains
- E-Privacy-Verordnung: EU-Ratsspitze will breiteren Datenzugriff zulassen
- Frontex spent €94,000 on a dinner in Warsaw
- Frontex and Europol pledge greater access to documents
- EU border agency says biometrics interoperability framework includes robust safeguards
- EU inches closer to ban on end-to-end encryption
- Europol charts ‘value of accessing data’ in encrypted cybercrime
- Greece has a deadly new migration policy – and all of Europe is to blame
- EU agrees to deploy warships to enforce Libya arms embargo
- La 5G provoque un vent de panique au sein des services de sécurité européens
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