Disinformation
30.11.2020
Read moreI am a member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party. I focus on disinformation, cyberthreats and surveillance. One can put me into many boxes: ENFP, neutral good, Gryffindor (though wannabe Slytherin). A lot of boxes won't tell you a thing, some of them too much. So have a look instead on my work and opinions - to get to know the real me.
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Disinformation
30.11.2020
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30.11.2020
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Gathering galvanized proselytes on popular image boards and online platforms, the QAnon quasi-religious conspiracy theory has eventually made its way to Europe. But what exactly is QAnon and why should it matter to us?
02.11.2020
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Global internet companies move to Ireland for many reasons. For one it has some of the EUs lowest corporate tax-rates and all kinds of legal tricks to lower them even further. Ireland benefits immensely from these companies. Apple recently won an appeal against the European commission that would have forced it to pay Ireland almost 13€billion in back taxes. What was so bizarre about this ruling is that Ireland was very happy to have lost this windfall, because it makes more money by companies moving to its jurisdiction with the knowledge that they will save billions in taxes. Equally, it boasts a well-educated English-speaking population and one unbeatable advantage, the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC).
24.10.2020
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Lying and distorting facts to gain personal or political advantage has characterized human history at least since classical antiquity. While we do not possess evidence that early societies engaged in these practices as well, it is safe to assume that some individuals may have spread disinformation and rumours to secure support or damage the opponents since the dawn of mankind.
24.09.2020
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Freedom flourishes in nations where governments are held accountable by its people through the guarantee of basic rights and strong democratic institutions. Such democratic states are in decline for the 13th consecutive year. The reasons for this are manifold and complex. Technology, however, is one major cause that can turn a democracy, with a functioning opposition; a civil society and basic rights and freedoms into a hellish autocracy.
21.09.2020
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Monday’s leaders meeting between China and the EU was a lose-lose deal for the European Union.
16.09.2020
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Dear Mr.Borrell,
01.09.2020
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