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• The UN Cybercrime Convention Is A Blank Check For Surveillance Abuses

  11-07-2024 16:55 via technocracy.news
  
  The only way to stop the United Nations from meddling in world affairs is to throw the entire organization into the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, that will never happen. The Electronic Freedom Foundation is tracking the UN Cybercrime Convention and notes that “it poses a global threat to cybersecurity and press freedom, and UN Member States must reject it.” If ultimately passed, it will end free speech worldwide by criminalizing criticism of all United Nations narratives. ⁃ TN Edi
  
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• Horizon Europe: Australia missing an open goal

  11-07-2024 07:02
  
  Not many countries would turn down a nearly €100 billion opportunity, but that is what Australia has chosen to do. Choosing not to pursue association with the European Union's Horizon Europe research program.
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