China blocks 17.5 million plane tickets for people without enough 'social credit'
Would-be passengers blacklisted for offences as minor as walking dogs without lead.
The Chinese government blocked 17.5 million would-be plane passengers from buying tickets last year as a punishment for offences including the failure to pay fines, it emerged.
Some 5.5 million people were also barred from travelling by train under a controversial “social credit” system which the ruling Communist Party claims will improve public behaviour.
The penalties are part of efforts by president Xi Jinping‘s government to use data-processing and other technology to tighten control on society.
Human rights activists warn the system is too rigid and may lead to people being unfairly blacklisted without their knowledge, while US vice-president Mike Pence last year denounced it as “an Orwellian system premised on controlling virtually every facet of human life”.
Authorities have experimented with social credit in parts of China since 2014. Points are deducted for breaking the law, but also, in some areas, for offences as minor as walking a dog without a lead.
Offences punished last year also included false advertising and violating drug safety rules, said China’s National Public Credit Information Centre. It gave no details of how many people live in areas with social credit systems.
Social credit is one facet of efforts by the ruling party to take advantage of increased computing power, artificial intelligence and other technology to track and control the Chinese public.
In 2000 the police ministry launched an initiative dubbed “Golden Shield” to build a nationwide digital network to track individuals.
The ruling party is spending heavily to roll out facial recognition systems, and human rights activists say people in Muslim and other areas with high ethnic minority populations have been compelled to give blood samples for a genetic database.
Those systems rely heavily on foreign technology, which has prompted criticism of US and European suppliers for enabling human rights abuses.
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Would-be passengers blacklisted for offences as minor as walking dogs without lead.
The Chinese government blocked 17.5 million would-be plane passengers from buying tickets last year as a punishment for offences including the failure to pay fines, it emerged.
Some 5.5 million people were also barred from travelling by train under a controversial “social credit” system which the ruling Communist Party claims will improve public behaviour.
The penalties are part of efforts by president Xi Jinping‘s government to use data-processing and other technology to tighten control on society.
Human rights activists warn the system is too rigid and may lead to people being unfairly blacklisted without their knowledge, while US vice-president Mike Pence last year denounced it as “an Orwellian system premised on controlling virtually every facet of human life”.
Authorities have experimented with social credit in parts of China since 2014. Points are deducted for breaking the law, but also, in some areas, for offences as minor as walking a dog without a lead.
Offences punished last year also included false advertising and violating drug safety rules, said China’s National Public Credit Information Centre. It gave no details of how many people live in areas with social credit systems.
Social credit is one facet of efforts by the ruling party to take advantage of increased computing power, artificial intelligence and other technology to track and control the Chinese public.
In 2000 the police ministry launched an initiative dubbed “Golden Shield” to build a nationwide digital network to track individuals.
The ruling party is spending heavily to roll out facial recognition systems, and human rights activists say people in Muslim and other areas with high ethnic minority populations have been compelled to give blood samples for a genetic database.
Those systems rely heavily on foreign technology, which has prompted criticism of US and European suppliers for enabling human rights abuses.
#MassSurveillance #China #why #GoldenShield #HumanRights
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Hong Kong police storm Yuen Long MTR station - 11 arrests, 23 injured at banned anti-triad demo
At least 23 people were injured and 11 were arrested following police-protester clashes during a banned anti-mob violence protest in Yuen Long on Saturday.
Among those hospitalised, two people were in a severe condition as of 1am Sunday, with 11 in a stable condition. Ten were discharged. At least four police officers and two journalists were also hurt as the violence escalated into the evening.
📺 https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/07/28/video-11-arrests-23-injured-banned-anti-triad-demo-hong-kong-police-storm-yuen-long-mtr-station/
#FreeHongKong #freespeach #humanrights #demos #thinkabout
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At least 23 people were injured and 11 were arrested following police-protester clashes during a banned anti-mob violence protest in Yuen Long on Saturday.
Among those hospitalised, two people were in a severe condition as of 1am Sunday, with 11 in a stable condition. Ten were discharged. At least four police officers and two journalists were also hurt as the violence escalated into the evening.
📺 https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/07/28/video-11-arrests-23-injured-banned-anti-triad-demo-hong-kong-police-storm-yuen-long-mtr-station/
#FreeHongKong #freespeach #humanrights #demos #thinkabout
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Requiring biometric data, like iris and facial scans, sets a dangerous precedent for vital aid.
A standoff between the United Nations World Food Program and Houthi rebels in control of the capital region is threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians in Yemen.
Alarmed by reports that food is being diverted to support the rebels, the aid program is demanding that Houthi officials allow them to deploy biometric technologies like iris scans and digital fingerprints to monitor suspected fraud during food distribution.
The Houthis have reportedly blocked food delivery, painting the biometric effort as an intelligence operation, and have demanded access to the personal data on beneficiaries of the aid. The impasse led the aid organization to the decision last month to suspend food aid to parts of the starving population — once thought of as a last resort — unless the Houthis allow biometrics.
With program officials saying their staff is prevented from doing its essential jobs, turning to a technological solution is tempting. But biometrics deployed in crises can lead to a form of surveillance humanitarianism that can exacerbate risks to privacy and security.
By surveillance humanitarianism, I mean the enormous data collection systems deployed by aid organizations that inadvertently increase the vulnerability of people in urgent need.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/data-humanitarian-aid.html
#surveillance #humanitarianism #vulnerability #humanrights #why #thinkabout
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Requiring biometric data, like iris and facial scans, sets a dangerous precedent for vital aid.
A standoff between the United Nations World Food Program and Houthi rebels in control of the capital region is threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians in Yemen.
Alarmed by reports that food is being diverted to support the rebels, the aid program is demanding that Houthi officials allow them to deploy biometric technologies like iris scans and digital fingerprints to monitor suspected fraud during food distribution.
The Houthis have reportedly blocked food delivery, painting the biometric effort as an intelligence operation, and have demanded access to the personal data on beneficiaries of the aid. The impasse led the aid organization to the decision last month to suspend food aid to parts of the starving population — once thought of as a last resort — unless the Houthis allow biometrics.
With program officials saying their staff is prevented from doing its essential jobs, turning to a technological solution is tempting. But biometrics deployed in crises can lead to a form of surveillance humanitarianism that can exacerbate risks to privacy and security.
By surveillance humanitarianism, I mean the enormous data collection systems deployed by aid organizations that inadvertently increase the vulnerability of people in urgent need.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/data-humanitarian-aid.html
#surveillance #humanitarianism #vulnerability #humanrights #why #thinkabout
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We are not far from the point where the US digital technology companies will become the virtual passport authority of the world, determining who is allowed to move within which radius. In future, even the physical contacts of every carrier of an Android or Apple smartphone will be recorded and evaluated by the USA.
— Norbert Häring
Wir sind nicht mehr weit davon entfernt, dass die digitalen Technologiekonzerne der USA virtuelle Passbehörde der Welt werden, die bestimmt, wer sich in welchem Radius bewegen darf. Sogar die physischen Kontakte jedes Trägers eines Android oder Apple-Smartphones sollen künftig erfasst und von den USA aus auswertbar sein.
— Norbert Häring
#id2020 #agenda #Privacy #HumanRights #Apple #Google #CorporatoCracy
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— Norbert Häring
Wir sind nicht mehr weit davon entfernt, dass die digitalen Technologiekonzerne der USA virtuelle Passbehörde der Welt werden, die bestimmt, wer sich in welchem Radius bewegen darf. Sogar die physischen Kontakte jedes Trägers eines Android oder Apple-Smartphones sollen künftig erfasst und von den USA aus auswertbar sein.
— Norbert Häring
#id2020 #agenda #Privacy #HumanRights #Apple #Google #CorporatoCracy
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US corporations becoming world passport authority — ID2020, Known-Traveller and Google-Apple-App
Author's channel: t.me/NorbertHaeringEnglish. Translated for t.me/NoGoolag via DeepL. Original: id2020-ktdi-apple-google April 16, 2020 | We are not far from the point where the US digital technology companies will become the virtual passport authority of…
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Switzerland: Draft anti-terrorism law sets ‘dangerous precedent’, rights experts warn
A proposed new anti-terrorism law in Switzerland could set a dangerous precedent for the suppression of political dissent worldwide, a group of five independent UN human rights experts warned on Friday.
The draft legislation, currently before the Swiss Parliament, expands the definition of terrorism and no longer requires the prospect of any crime at all, they said, in a plea for a last-minute reversal by legislators.
👀 👉🏼 https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072192
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A proposed new anti-terrorism law in Switzerland could set a dangerous precedent for the suppression of political dissent worldwide, a group of five independent UN human rights experts warned on Friday.
The draft legislation, currently before the Swiss Parliament, expands the definition of terrorism and no longer requires the prospect of any crime at all, they said, in a plea for a last-minute reversal by legislators.
👀 👉🏼 https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072192
#switzerland #antiterrorism #law #humanrights #thinkabout
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Switzerland: Draft anti-terrorism law sets ‘dangerous precedent’, rights experts warn
A proposed new anti-terrorism law in Switzerland could set a dangerous precedent for the suppression of political dissent worldwide, a group of five independent UN human rights experts warned on Friday.
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On Its Seventh Anniversary, Yemen Seeks to End a War the World Has Forgotten – https://www.mintpressnews.com/yemen-seventh-anniversary-seeks-to-end-war/280134/
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Collating and disseminating data on the conduct of the war in #Yemen with the purpose of increasing transparency and promoting accountability
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#SANA’A, YEMEN -– Seven years have passed since the brutal #war against Yemen, a ship-shaped country located on the southern Arabian Peninsula, began in March 2015. The war has been acknowledged as one the bloodiest in modern history and called the “world’s worst humanitarian disaster” by #humanrights groups. Yet, rather than breaking #Yemeni resolve, the #Saudi-led war backed by the collective military might of the world’s most powerful nations has only strengthened the poorest country in the Middle East; and Ansar Allah, its underdog combatant, is now stronger and more united than it has ever been.Mint Press Telegram Channel
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Collating and disseminating data on the conduct of the war in #Yemen with the purpose of increasing transparency and promoting accountability
https://www.yemendataproject.org/
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Gerjon | חריון (@Gerjon_): "Recent mass executions and other atrocities that receive not nearly as much media attention as #Ukraine." | Nitter | PussTheCat.org – https://nitter.pussthecat.org/Gerjon_/status/1511767284171382790#m#Africa #Tigrée #Éthiopie #HumanRights #WarCrimes
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25+ Human Rights Group Oppose Zoom’s Planned A.I. Tech “that can scan users' faces and speed to determine their emotions” - Activist…
Despite ongoing issues, the company is developing new AI technology to scan users’ faces to determine their emotions.
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📢 Chilean-American journalist Gonzalo Lira, has been a thorn in the Kiev junta’s flesh for a long time.
On May 1, the Ukrainian secret police arrested him again in Harkov, where Lira, a long-time resident of Ukraine, has been living for several years.
From the beginning of the Special Military Operation in late February 2022, Lira has been using his internet bully pulpit to convey to a global audience his take on the Ukrainian conflict.
After gaining several hundred thousand followers world-wide with his provocative reporting and commentary from the belly of the beast, the beast has apparently decided that it has had enough.
There is virtually no chance that the Nazi regime in Kiev will feel either shame or remorse for what it has just done ❌
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#GonzaloLira #Ukraine #HumanRights
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On May 1, the Ukrainian secret police arrested him again in Harkov, where Lira, a long-time resident of Ukraine, has been living for several years.
From the beginning of the Special Military Operation in late February 2022, Lira has been using his internet bully pulpit to convey to a global audience his take on the Ukrainian conflict.
After gaining several hundred thousand followers world-wide with his provocative reporting and commentary from the belly of the beast, the beast has apparently decided that it has had enough.
💬 Stephen Karganovic writes
#GonzaloLira #Ukraine #HumanRights
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Slava? No, Not Glory but Shame on Ukraine!
There is virtually no chance that the Nazi regime in Kiev will feel either shame or remorse for what it has just done. There is virtually no chance that the Nazi regime in Kiev will feel either shame or remorse for what it has just done. That however does…
Anti-Piracy Program Accused of Violating Citizens' Fundamental Rights * TorrentFreak – https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-program-accused-of-violating-citizens-fundamental-rights-230519/
Since 2010, France has monitored and stored data on millions of internet users as part of anti-piracy scheme featuring warning letters, fines, and ISP disconnections. Europe's highest court will soon decide whether the program is permissible under EU law. Digital rights groups insist that as a general surveillance and data retention scheme, it violates fundamental rights.
#France #EU #Surveillance #Hadopi #p2p #DigitalRights
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Since 2010, France has monitored and stored data on millions of internet users as part of anti-piracy scheme featuring warning letters, fines, and ISP disconnections. Europe's highest court will soon decide whether the program is permissible under EU law. Digital rights groups insist that as a general surveillance and data retention scheme, it violates fundamental rights.
#France #EU #Surveillance #Hadopi #p2p #DigitalRights
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What happened at Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre? - 10 years on from the deadly crackdowns
It has been a decade since Egyptian security forces violently dispersed pro-democracy demonstrators at Cairo’s Rabaa Square on 14 August 2013, killing 817 people.
Authorities used armoured military vehicles, tear gas, live ammunition and snipers on tens of thousands of largely peaceful protestors, in what investigations and rights groups like Human Rights Watch concluded was “systematic, premeditated killings”.
To this day, no military or government personnel has been held accountable for the deaths.
We take you through the events of that Rabaa massacre, including why Human Rights Watch said that the actions of Egyptian security forces “likely constituted a crime against humanity”.
#Rabaa #Egypt #Massacre #HumanRights #Sisi #Cairo
It has been a decade since Egyptian security forces violently dispersed pro-democracy demonstrators at Cairo’s Rabaa Square on 14 August 2013, killing 817 people.
Authorities used armoured military vehicles, tear gas, live ammunition and snipers on tens of thousands of largely peaceful protestors, in what investigations and rights groups like Human Rights Watch concluded was “systematic, premeditated killings”.
To this day, no military or government personnel has been held accountable for the deaths.
We take you through the events of that Rabaa massacre, including why Human Rights Watch said that the actions of Egyptian security forces “likely constituted a crime against humanity”.
#Rabaa #Egypt #Massacre #HumanRights #Sisi #Cairo
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🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina is governed as a neo-colonial backwater, which is the status that Gabon, Niger, and Burkina Faso had until recently. The difference is that lately the Africans have been making concerted efforts to throw off their yoke. By contrast, in Bosnia many seem happy to be yoked, with the notable exception of the Republic of Srpska, which for quite some time has been the Niger of the Balkans.
And that is fundamentally the reason why, like Niger, it is now targeted 🎯
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In Bosnia, a Perfidious Legal Attack Is Being Staged to Implode the Dayton Peace Agreement
In Bosnia many seem happy to be yoked, with the exception of the Republic of Srpska, which for quite some time has been the Niger of the Balkans. ❗️Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Bosnia and Herzegovina is governed as a neo-colonial backwater, which…
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🇵🇸 Scholars’ consensus: Genocide in Gaza marks turning point, Israel must be held accountable | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The characterisation of Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide by UN experts and international legal scholars should mark a turning point, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said today, in a call for Israel to be held accountable for its crimes.
Israel has a long history of committing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people, including the 1948 murder and mass displacement of Palestinians (#Nakba), as well as military occupation for more than 50 years, which has resulted in the establishment of an apartheid regime ruling the Palestinian people and repeated military assaults on Gaza, which sparked the Israel’s ongoing, extremely violent chapter in Palestinian history.
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05/11/2023
Geneva – The characterisation of Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide by UN experts and international legal scholars should mark a turning point, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said today, in a call for Israel to be held accountable for its crimes.
Israel has a long history of committing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people, including the 1948 murder and mass displacement of Palestinians (#Nakba), as well as military occupation for more than 50 years, which has resulted in the establishment of an apartheid regime ruling the Palestinian people and repeated military assaults on Gaza, which sparked the Israel’s ongoing, extremely violent chapter in Palestinian history.
#Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #InternationalLaw #HumanRights
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