The Federal Administrative Court’s decision to review program diversity marks a pivotal moment in Germany’s public broadcasting system and its implications for media diversity.
What do the tension case in Germany and the Covid pandemic have in common? Both are extraordinary emergency regulations where usual laws are suspended.
The introduction of “Chat Control” represents a dangerous development for our digital freedom and privacy. Under the guise of “security,” our personal messages and communications are being monitored and analyzed. This measure not only threatens our privacy but also the integrity of our entire digital communication. It’s time to stand up against this surveillance and defend our rights.
Violation of Privacy: Chat Control enables the monitoring and analysis of private messages. This means that nothing remains truly secret. Our personal conversations, whether private or professional, are potentially viewed by an overseeing authority. This kind of surveillance is a massive invasion of our privacy and undermines trust in digital communication.
In the last months, sightings of alleged Russian drones over Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Romania, and Germany have increased. What do these sightings have in common? First, not a single one of these drones was intercepted, shot down, or forced to land through electronic interference. Second, no one knows where these drones came from and where they disappeared to. There are no radar plots, no verifiable flight paths, although in all cases it concerns critical civilian, military, or dual-use infrastructure, namely in one of the most densely guarded airspaces in the world. These drones simply disappeared, and I have no further comment on that.
In 2019, the EU conducted a secret pandemic exercise called ‘Blue Orchid.’ Austrian MEP Gerald Hauser (FPÖ) brought this explosive exercise to light and demands full transparency.