Surveillance
EU expands Russia sanctions over cybercrime, surveillance and rights abuses
VKontakte and several Russian surveillance firms were added to the EU sanctions list over alleged ties to the FSB and the repression of government critics.
Former IDF intel. officer sentenced to prison term in Greek spying case
Anthropic says Chinese AI labs stole data from Claude to train rival models
Israeli firm Autonomous Guard enters Indian defense market with $1.9m deal
Coronavirus cannot be used as excuse to curb human rights, nations told
"We are ... concerned by the growing practice of monitoring and closely controlling people’s movements, even at the cost of their privacy."
Knesset blocks police from getting addresses without court order
“The goal now is to free up the stranglehold on the market… we need to adapt into a corona routine and to return to regular life.”
Muslim politician tweets Jewish yellow star to protest surveillance
“Remove that star, Arnoud. You have no right to reference it,” wrote de Nooijer, who represents the pro-Israel Christian SGP party.
Israelis underestimating gravity of gov't surveillance, expert warns
“The Israeli public is not aware of its right to privacy as citizens in other countries are. Maybe it is not in our culture, and we consider ourselves very open,” she added.
