From Informants to Algorithms: Germany Builds the Modern Stasi Thomas Kolbe January 22, 2026 German federal foreign intelligence service to be integrated into censorship apparatus.
Digital ID Can Only End Badly Lauren Smith September 29, 2025 The ‘BritCard’ will be a monument to this government’s authoritarian impulses and staggering incompetence.
Europol Chief: “12-Year-Olds Kill for €20,000” Ildikó Bíró July 28, 2025 Criminal gangs exploit minors’ legal immunity to recruit them online, but using this to justify law enforcement access to encrypted chats threatens privacy and free speech.
Austria Moves To Spy on Its Own Citizens TEC News June 19, 2025 Government surveillance is claimes to be aimed at potential terrorists, but the right-wing opposition is sceptical.