Mandatory Web Filters for Germany
Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen announced that Germany will now have mandatory web filters to protect the children from pornography. The list of web sites will also be updated every day. Despite...
View ArticlePolice violence at Freedom not Fear demonstration
The Freedom not Fear demonstration on Saturday was meant to be peaceful [in German] . The police, however, displayed examples of brutal violence. 25,000 people from more than 160 groups attended the...
View ArticleGermany’s sovereignty restricted by US and allies?
The former head of the West German Military Intelligence has issued a book revealing secret details of a 1949 US-German treaty, alleging America and its allies have been deliberately suppressing the...
View ArticleGerman TV shows how full body scanners fail
A link from Bruce Schneier’s website to another link to YouTube, I discovered this video. I don’t speak German, however, if you watch closely the scanner picked out the cell phone and Swiss Army knife,...
View ArticleOne in four Germans happy to have chip implants
Speaking a CeBIT, Professor August Wilhelm Scheer made the astonishing claim that one in four Germans would be happy to have an implanted RFID chip in their skin if it meant more convenience for them,...
View ArticleKindergarteners need to pay a fee for sheet music to songs
Germany’s music licensing agency, GEMA, has decided that preschools can no longer teach songs and have children perform them without paying a licensing fee for sheet music under a new tightening of...
View ArticleYou are a Terrorist
You are a terrorist is a satirical interpretation of two official German social-marketing-campaigns. Whereas „Du bist Deutschland (You are Germany) was promoting the national consciousness and a...
View ArticleNSA leaks reveal Germany most spied on country
Boundless Informant, the NSA’s tool for classifying international intelligence, reveals that Germany is the most watched country by the USA. Germany’s Interior Ministry had already been in contact with...
View ArticleSnowden may testify in Germany against NSA
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich confirmed Friday that he wants to bring Edward Snowden, the whistleblower at the heart of the National Security Agency scandal, to Germany from Russia to...
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