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China due to introduce face scans for mobile users
People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.
The #regulation, announced in September, was due to come into effect on Sunday.
The #government says it wants to "protect the legitimate rights and interest of #citizens in #cyberspace".
#China already uses #facial #recognition #technology to #survey its #population.
It is a world leader in such technologies, but their intensifying use across the country in recent years has sparked debate.
What are the new rules?
When signing up for new mobile or mobile data contracts, people are already required to show their national identification card (as required in many countries) and have their photos taken.
But now, they will also have their faces scanned in order to verify that they are a genuine match for the ID provided.
China has for years been trying to enforce rules to ensure that everyone using the internet does so under their "real-name" identities.
In 2017, for example, new rules required internet platforms to verify a user's true identity before letting them post online content.
The new regulation for telecom operators was framed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as a way to "strengthen" this system and ensure that the government can identify all mobile phone users. Most Chinese internet users access the web via their phones.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098
👉🏼 Read as well:
https://gizmodo.com/chinese-citizens-will-have-to-scan-their-faces-to-get-i-1838936778
#surveillance #thinkabout #why
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People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.
The #regulation, announced in September, was due to come into effect on Sunday.
The #government says it wants to "protect the legitimate rights and interest of #citizens in #cyberspace".
#China already uses #facial #recognition #technology to #survey its #population.
It is a world leader in such technologies, but their intensifying use across the country in recent years has sparked debate.
What are the new rules?
When signing up for new mobile or mobile data contracts, people are already required to show their national identification card (as required in many countries) and have their photos taken.
But now, they will also have their faces scanned in order to verify that they are a genuine match for the ID provided.
China has for years been trying to enforce rules to ensure that everyone using the internet does so under their "real-name" identities.
In 2017, for example, new rules required internet platforms to verify a user's true identity before letting them post online content.
The new regulation for telecom operators was framed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as a way to "strengthen" this system and ensure that the government can identify all mobile phone users. Most Chinese internet users access the web via their phones.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50587098
👉🏼 Read as well:
https://gizmodo.com/chinese-citizens-will-have-to-scan-their-faces-to-get-i-1838936778
#surveillance #thinkabout #why
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Conservative government giving NHS data to Amazon for free, documents reveal
US company will be able to access all ‘healthcare information, including without limitation symptoms, causes, and definitions’
#NHS #data on the #health of the #population is being handed over to #Amazon at no charge under a controversial deal between the #USA giant and the #Department of Health and Social Care.
While individual patient data is not being given to the company, a copy of the December 2018 contract between Amazon and the #DHSC reveals the company will be able to profit from its access to a range of NHS information.
Health secretary Matt #Hancock hailed the deal with Amazon in July as a way to help give patients better medical advice using #technology such as #Alexa, which uses Amazon’s #algorithm to answer key question.
Campaigners from #Privacy International obtained a copy of the contract using freedom of information laws. The full contract reveals the deal goes far beyond medical advice for use by Alexa.
It states the company will be able to access all “healthcare information, including without limitation symptoms, causes, and definitions, and all related copyrightable content, data, information and other materials”, the DHSC has.
The contract allows Amazon to use this data in a number of ways – not just providing advice to UK users.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/amazon-nhs-data-access-uk-government-contract-a9237901.html
#DeleteAmazon #UK #thinkabout
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US company will be able to access all ‘healthcare information, including without limitation symptoms, causes, and definitions’
#NHS #data on the #health of the #population is being handed over to #Amazon at no charge under a controversial deal between the #USA giant and the #Department of Health and Social Care.
While individual patient data is not being given to the company, a copy of the December 2018 contract between Amazon and the #DHSC reveals the company will be able to profit from its access to a range of NHS information.
Health secretary Matt #Hancock hailed the deal with Amazon in July as a way to help give patients better medical advice using #technology such as #Alexa, which uses Amazon’s #algorithm to answer key question.
Campaigners from #Privacy International obtained a copy of the contract using freedom of information laws. The full contract reveals the deal goes far beyond medical advice for use by Alexa.
It states the company will be able to access all “healthcare information, including without limitation symptoms, causes, and definitions, and all related copyrightable content, data, information and other materials”, the DHSC has.
The contract allows Amazon to use this data in a number of ways – not just providing advice to UK users.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/amazon-nhs-data-access-uk-government-contract-a9237901.html
#DeleteAmazon #UK #thinkabout
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🇵🇸 Reminder : Who Profits - The Israeli Occupation Industry
Since its 1967 #occupation of Palestinian and Syrian land, Israel has developed an intricate system of #oppression, combining military force, technology, #infrastructure, and regulations to exert control over Palestinian and Syrian populations and further entrench its control over #land and #resources. Populations living under Israel’s military rule are denied basic civil liberties and are subject to arbitrary repressive violence by the Israeli military, police force, and private security personnel.
In the occupied #WestBank, around 3 million Palestinians live within a complex mosaic of administrative areas carved out through the 1993 #OsloAccords. Under the Accords the West Bank was divided into three administrative areas (A, B, and C). #AreaA comprises approximately 18% of the West Bank and is nominally under full Palestinian control. Area B, comprising approximately 22% of the West Bank, is under the full administrative control of the Palestinian Authority(#PA) but under the military control of Israel. #AreaC, which comprises 61% of the West Bank, is under the full control of Israel through the Civil (Military) Administration in the West Bank.
These areas are separated and surrounded by a system of #roadblocks, #fences, #walls, #barriers, and #checkpoints, as well as Israeli #settlements and roads designated for the exclusive use of Israelis. The movement of Palestinians between the separate areas is controlled by an elaborate #permit regime. Further, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza require special permits to enter into areas annexed to Jerusalem, and #Jerusalem itself. Permits are allocated by the Israeli authorities according to secret security and economic considerations. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are blacklisted and cannot pass through any of the checkpoints, not even to #travel inside their own enclave to the next town or the surrounding area.
In #Gaza, around two million people have been living under an Israeli-imposed land, air, and sea siege since 2007. The movement of people, goods, and services in or out of Gaza is almost completely blocked, and ongoing military attacks cause mounting casualties and infrastructure #destruction.
#Population control and arbitrary movement #restrictions separate families, severely limit access to #HealthCare, #education, and employment, and hinder economic development. Israel also utilizes its force and technologies to surveil and intimidate populations, as well as to quell any form of political activity and resistance, including the routine use of lethal crowd control weapons and live fire on civilian demonstrators.
Collective punishments in the form of military assaults, house #demolitions, curfews, closures, and mass arrests are common. Presently, there are approximately 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli incarceration centers. About 1,000 are being held under administrative detention, i.e., without having been charged, tried, or sentenced.
Who Profits has identified three sub-categories of corporate involvement in Israel’s Population Control. Private Security and #Surveillance Technology refers to corporate involvement in Israel’s growing Private Security and Surveillance #Technology Industries. The Wall and Checkpoints refers to Israel’s intricate mechanisms of control, physical segregation, and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the #oPt. Specialized Equipment and Services, refers to corporate involvement in the provision of services and equipment to the
Israeli military and security apparatus.
#Palestine #Syria #WhoProfits #Apartheid #Colonisation #Occupation #PopulationControl #TheWall
Since its 1967 #occupation of Palestinian and Syrian land, Israel has developed an intricate system of #oppression, combining military force, technology, #infrastructure, and regulations to exert control over Palestinian and Syrian populations and further entrench its control over #land and #resources. Populations living under Israel’s military rule are denied basic civil liberties and are subject to arbitrary repressive violence by the Israeli military, police force, and private security personnel.
In the occupied #WestBank, around 3 million Palestinians live within a complex mosaic of administrative areas carved out through the 1993 #OsloAccords. Under the Accords the West Bank was divided into three administrative areas (A, B, and C). #AreaA comprises approximately 18% of the West Bank and is nominally under full Palestinian control. Area B, comprising approximately 22% of the West Bank, is under the full administrative control of the Palestinian Authority(#PA) but under the military control of Israel. #AreaC, which comprises 61% of the West Bank, is under the full control of Israel through the Civil (Military) Administration in the West Bank.
These areas are separated and surrounded by a system of #roadblocks, #fences, #walls, #barriers, and #checkpoints, as well as Israeli #settlements and roads designated for the exclusive use of Israelis. The movement of Palestinians between the separate areas is controlled by an elaborate #permit regime. Further, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza require special permits to enter into areas annexed to Jerusalem, and #Jerusalem itself. Permits are allocated by the Israeli authorities according to secret security and economic considerations. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are blacklisted and cannot pass through any of the checkpoints, not even to #travel inside their own enclave to the next town or the surrounding area.
In #Gaza, around two million people have been living under an Israeli-imposed land, air, and sea siege since 2007. The movement of people, goods, and services in or out of Gaza is almost completely blocked, and ongoing military attacks cause mounting casualties and infrastructure #destruction.
#Population control and arbitrary movement #restrictions separate families, severely limit access to #HealthCare, #education, and employment, and hinder economic development. Israel also utilizes its force and technologies to surveil and intimidate populations, as well as to quell any form of political activity and resistance, including the routine use of lethal crowd control weapons and live fire on civilian demonstrators.
Collective punishments in the form of military assaults, house #demolitions, curfews, closures, and mass arrests are common. Presently, there are approximately 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli incarceration centers. About 1,000 are being held under administrative detention, i.e., without having been charged, tried, or sentenced.
Who Profits has identified three sub-categories of corporate involvement in Israel’s Population Control. Private Security and #Surveillance Technology refers to corporate involvement in Israel’s growing Private Security and Surveillance #Technology Industries. The Wall and Checkpoints refers to Israel’s intricate mechanisms of control, physical segregation, and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the #oPt. Specialized Equipment and Services, refers to corporate involvement in the provision of services and equipment to the
Israeli military and security apparatus.
#Palestine #Syria #WhoProfits #Apartheid #Colonisation #Occupation #PopulationControl #TheWall
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🇵🇸 Egypt's Gaza proposal : Redistribution, not displacement | The Cradle
#Egypt has drafted a proposal for the reconstruction of the #Gaza Strip, which serves as an alternative to #US President Donald #Trump’s scheme to take over the enclave and expel its #population.
The #plan is made up of two stages. The first is reconstruction without a displacement of Palestinians from their land, and the second is restricting the flow of weaponry throughout Gaza.
The first stage “extends over 10 years and includes large-scale #reconstruction operations, including #infrastructure and #housing, in addition to preliminary measures for a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue,” according to an Egyptian diplomat.
The #resistance’s #weapons will be dealt with in a way so that arrangements are made to impose “restrictions and controls” on weapons depots without complete disarmament.
The second stage of the deal would establish a time frame for the implementation of a #TwoStateSolution.
#Palestine #Diplomacy
#Egypt has drafted a proposal for the reconstruction of the #Gaza Strip, which serves as an alternative to #US President Donald #Trump’s scheme to take over the enclave and expel its #population.
The #plan is made up of two stages. The first is reconstruction without a displacement of Palestinians from their land, and the second is restricting the flow of weaponry throughout Gaza.
The first stage “extends over 10 years and includes large-scale #reconstruction operations, including #infrastructure and #housing, in addition to preliminary measures for a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue,” according to an Egyptian diplomat.
The #resistance’s #weapons will be dealt with in a way so that arrangements are made to impose “restrictions and controls” on weapons depots without complete disarmament.
The second stage of the deal would establish a time frame for the implementation of a #TwoStateSolution.
#Palestine #Diplomacy
Half the Nation Gone: Ukraine’s Demographic Freefall
Ukraine’s ongoing population decline has accelerated dramatically due to the war. From 52 million in 1991, the population by 2025 has nearly halved. Official estimates put about 28–29 million people in Ukraine-controlled areas, but alternative methods like mobile phone and electricity data suggest possibly 33–34 million. Analysts, however, believe the true number of permanent residents may be below 24 million.
This uncertainty stems from wartime disruptions, refugee exodus, internal displacement, and falling birth rates. #Ukraine’s last #census was in 2001, forcing reliance on unconventional methods. The population is now older, more female, and significantly reduced, posing severe economic, military, and national stability challenges.
#War prevents traditional counting via censuses or registries, as millions have relocated, complicating government tracking. Basic #population questions for major cities remain unanswered.
@southfronteng
#Demographics
Ukraine’s ongoing population decline has accelerated dramatically due to the war. From 52 million in 1991, the population by 2025 has nearly halved. Official estimates put about 28–29 million people in Ukraine-controlled areas, but alternative methods like mobile phone and electricity data suggest possibly 33–34 million. Analysts, however, believe the true number of permanent residents may be below 24 million.
This uncertainty stems from wartime disruptions, refugee exodus, internal displacement, and falling birth rates. #Ukraine’s last #census was in 2001, forcing reliance on unconventional methods. The population is now older, more female, and significantly reduced, posing severe economic, military, and national stability challenges.
#War prevents traditional counting via censuses or registries, as millions have relocated, complicating government tracking. Basic #population questions for major cities remain unanswered.
@southfronteng
#Demographics