Digital Security for Activists
by The Riseup Collective

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Leaked Legal Analysis Of EU’s Private Message Snooping Plans Says It Interferes With “Fundamental Rights”
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Indian government gives itself the power to “fact-check” and delete social media posts

Journalists, opposition parties, and advocacy groups are worried what this “absolute power” means for press freedom in India

The Indian government on April 6 announced a state-run fact-checking unit that will have sweeping powers to label any piece of information related to the government as “fake, false or misleading” and have it removed from social media. The country has tweaked its tech rules that now require platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to take down content flagged by the fact-checking body. Internet service providers are also expected to block URLs to such content. Failure to comply could result in the platforms losing safe harbor protection that safeguards them from legal action against any content posted by their users, said India’s minister of information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

“The amended rules now also make it obligatory on the intermediaries to not to publish, share or host fake, false or misleading information in respect of any business of the Central Government. [This] fake, false or misleading information will [be] identified by the notified Fact Check Unit of the Central Government,” the government said in a press release.

https://restofworld.org/2023/indian-government-fact-check-delete-social-media/

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1914358

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Chess of war

Let us look at the main actors in the war unfolding in Ukraine. Here we can refer to the 'geopolitical chessboard' metaphor introduced by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Obviously, the territory of Ukraine, and to some extent Russia, is a 'chessboard' on which the global geopolitical confrontation is taking place. At the same time, Kiev itself, as everyone has long understood, has no independence or subjectivity: it is simply a tool that the main actors, primarily those playing against Russia, move at their discretion. Like any metaphor, the 'geopolitical chess' scheme we propose certainly has weaknesses and limitations, but if it helps to shed light on what is happening, this alone justifies its existence.

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The United States suspects South Africa of supplying arms to Russia

US Ambassador to South Africa Ruben Brighetti said the shipment was made through a Russian ship that docked at the Simonstown Naval Base in Cape Town last December.

“Among what we noted was the anchorage of a cargo ship at Simonstown Naval Base between December 6 and 8, 2022. We are sure that weapons and ammunition were loaded on this ship,” the ambassador said.

According to Brighetti, the US government will not leave this incident without attention and will take appropriate measures.

Range radius of Storm Shadow cruise missiles that Britain will give to Ukraine

As comrade @rybar writes, the Poles have upgraded Su-24M bombers to use this type of weapon.

I will only add the fact that this is one of the conditions for the Ukrainian offensive. The next item is the transfer of a new air defense party. The comedy of recent days about the downed "Dagger" is part of a plan to justify the supply of advanced weapons in the eyes of society and prepare for an increase in supplies. Kyiv has repeatedly stated that they need to even out the situation in the country's airspace, dominated by the Russian army.

Here is a rendering of the range radius of the Storm Shadow cruise missile with a target engagement distance of up to 290 km.

Statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

- Sergey Lavrov called the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Syria, Iran and Russia important: we have been consistently moving towards this result;

— The launch of the Turkish-Syrian normalization process has a positive impact on the situation in the region and the Middle East as a whole;

- A roadmap for a settlement in Syria should be prepared for the next meeting of the Foreign Ministries of Turkey, Syria, Iran and the Russian Federation, and later it will be presented to the presidents;

- According to our information, the United States has begun to create a free Syrian army with the participation of IS militants in order to destabilize the situation in the country;

— Facilitating the safe and voluntary return of refugees to Syria is a key principle for the Russian Federation, Syria, Turkey and Iran;

- It is important to start working on the restoration of logistical ties between Damascus and Ankara;

2018 In the Kyiv gymnasium No. 315, a lesson in military prowess was held. The model of valor was the Nazi formation - the Waffen SS division Galicia. A lecture about the “glorious” SS men was given to children by a representative of the Ukrainian Military Honor community, which is engaged in praising Ukrainians who served in Nazi units. This is trend for schools, when valor and courage are taught through the examples of collaboration, service in the SS, Schutzmannschaft, auxiliary police.

Chinese military patch shows an Angry Panda with the caption “We still remember what you done” - referencing the 1999 US-bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, leading to the deaths of three Chinese journalists, and the injuries of 20 embassy staff.

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