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Food Scandal in China – Reasons for Unrest

After the 地沟油 gutter oil and the 2008 melamine-contaminated baby formula scandal, a new food safety problem was discovered that turned into a new major food scandal in China.

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The ideology of maximum privacy

A Dutch court sentenced the owner of a crypto mixer to prison and called his argumentation “ideologie van maximale privacy” – an ideology of maximum privacy

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Work

Julian Assange’s extradition appeal

Yesterday Julian Assange’s extradition appeal begun in London. Wikileaks provided information on German war crimes.

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Two Events in January

After a little break from the digital sphere there will be two public events I am attending in January.

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Conference

DRAPAC23 – Conference on Digital Rights Asia-Pacific 2023

EngageMedia invites to a more than interesting conference in Chiang Mai in May.

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Mastodon

Well, as people wished and pressured, I joined Mastodon. You can interact with my new digital pet at chaos.social/@katika

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Conference

Smart Prisons: Tracking, Monitoring & Control

On the following weekend the Disruption Network Lab hosts the “Smart Prisons” conference in Berlin. Parts of the conference will be streamed.

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Talk at the D.A.I. in Tübingen

Titled “Macht 4.0: Einfluss und Kontrolle der Sozialen Medien” [Power 4.0: Influence and Control of Social Media] I will present a talk with a follow-up discussion at the D.A.I. in Tübingen […]

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Under construction

Because the menues developed some kind of digital rabies and stuff could not be found right away this webpage is currently under construction.

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Protests in China and Western Tech Companies

As the protests in China go on, technology is used by the protesters as well as the government. As in other countries, a high risk race between protesters and police can be watched in China. And again, western tech companies seem to be playing on the governments side.