Increasing Government Control, Repression: As Putin Era Begins to Wane, Russia Unleashes a Sweeping Crackdown Andrew Higgins. The New York Times•October 24, 2019 PSKOV, Russia — After a teenager blew himself up inside a branch of Russia’s secret police near the Arctic Circle late last year, a freelance […]
Increasing Government Control, Repression: Russia rolls out its ‘sovereign internet.’ Is it building a digital Iron Curtain? By Mary Ilyushina, Nathan Hodge and Hadas Gold, CNN Business Updated 12:21 PM ET, Fri November 1, 2019 Moscow (CNN Business) On Friday, a controversial new law took effect in Russia: The […]
Increasing Government Control, Repression: Russia and China to sign treaty on combating illegal online content. The Kremlin said last week the two powers had a ‘special relationship.’ Ruh-Roh. By Nadezhda Tsydenova and Tom Balmforth Reuters•October 8, 2019 MOSCOW, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Russia and China will sign a […]
Increasing Government Control, Repression: Journalists in Kashmir protest India’s curbs on press Associated Press•October 3, 2019 NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of journalists in Indian-controlled Kashmir held a sit-in protest Thursday against an ongoing communication blackout in the disputed Himalayan region, describing the blockade of the internet and […]
Increasing Government Control, Repression: Sri Lankan journalists fear situation may worsen. ‘One of the few journalists who survived after being abducted by a van squad was brutally tortured — his legs crushed, fingers broken and body burned — before being released.’ Associated Press•November 13, 2019 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka […]
Increasing Government Control, Repression: What’s in a name? India’s citizenship drive hits women hardest By Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation. Reuters•October 5, 2019 By Anuradha Nagaraj GUWAHATI, India, Oct 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Abanti Deka had no idea when she married her husband that taking his name […]
Global Economic Collapse: Digital Currency Coming Soon? Worldwide Push To Kill Cash PNW November 4, 2019 In a sign of the times, Hasbro has released a new cashless version of it’s classic board game Monopoly, designed for the digital age. In Hasbro’s latest edition of Monopoly, gone are […]
End Times Technology, Government Control and Repression: The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system – and we’re going to court to prove it, says ACLU Civil-rights warriors sue FBI, DEA, DoJ over fears of secretive mass-spying network By Kieren McCarthy in San Francisco 31 Oct 2019. Thregister.co.uk The American Civil […]
End Times Technology: Digital ID in Japan An initiative aimed at delivering a new digital ID in Japan promises to make banking more efficient for consumers in that country using technology that underpins digital currency transactions around the globe. That’s not all. Based on early reports and interest […]
End Times Technology: Digital ID in Thailand. A ‘NUMBER’ AVISIAN Staff. December, 2018 Digital ID in Thailand will reportedly begin a trial next month via a new program designed to boost financial inclusion. The program reportedly could pave the way for other digital ID efforts there, assuming tests […]
