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We're a #dialogue assembly in #Berlin linking:debate that embodies the spirit of constructive #discussion.

We delve into intersections that serve as the driving force behind #systemic change & societal #transformation.

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Finally getting the ball rolling for our upcoming podcast series. That includes updating out website: www.linkingdebate.com
linking:debate – Confronting complexity through conversation
www.linkingdebate.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The website is updated... the next phase of linking:debate is underway.

More news soon. In the meantime check out our podcast series agenda here:

www.linkingdebate.com/podcasts
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
DATA DISCRIMINATION: The *isms in the Algorithms

www.linkingdebate.com/data-discrim...
August 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The EU is pursuing an end to encryption on your messages to enable mass indiscriminate surveillance. If you're an EU citizen, mail your representatives & decline this objective in your name, for a belief it will fix something it won't.

fightchatcontrol.eu

@eff.org @stopspyingny.bsky.social
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
sign up for this debate, join Executive Director of Tactical Tech and an excellent panel to discuss privacy and the topical issues that impact human rights
The Privacy Paradox debate. Come join us on the 24th September at Moos Space, Berlin.

#privacy #surveillance #data #artificialintelligence
September 21, 2024 at 1:35 PM
The Privacy Paradox debate. Come join us on the 24th September at Moos Space, Berlin.

#privacy #surveillance #data #artificialintelligence
September 18, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Are you interested in moderating an excellent panel on highlighting challenges of worldwide energy equality in Berlin, Germany? Please get in touch...
August 26, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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This InfluenceMap study from a few weeks ago is incredibly important.

It lays out in quite some detail how the oil and gas industries actively published lies in order to discourage the uptake of safer energy technologies, and preserve the incumbency of their harmful and toxic technologies.
How the Oil Industry Has Sustained Market Dominance Through Policy Influence
A Historical Analysis of the Oil and Gas Playbook Against Renewables and Electric Vehicles
influencemap.org
August 25, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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July 23, 2024 at 11:58 AM
July 23, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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This is wild: in response to a public records request, police released the precise driving history of a complete stranger. Requester wasn't the car owner, didn't even know them. Shows how stalkers can piggyback off of surveillance systems used by cops www.404media.co/cops-release...
Cops Released a Car’s Travel History to A Total Stranger
In a rare instance of too much transparency, an Ohio police department released the precise movements of a particular vehicle in response to a public records request, showing just how invasive license...
www.404media.co
June 13, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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S.T.O.P. recently released Seeing is Misbelieving: How Surveillance Technology Distorts Crime Statistics, a report detailing NYPD’s manipulation of crime data and its effects on law enforcement policy in NYC. Read the full report below: www.stopspying.org/seeing-is-mi...
Seeing is Misbelieving — S.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
Seeing is Misbelieving details NYPD’s manipulation of crime data and its effects on law enforcement policy in New York City.
www.stopspying.org
June 13, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Predatory capitalism is fuelling socio-economic inequality, which in turn is driving the rise of extremist views in mainstream politics. Are we heading toward a plutocratic society where the principle of 'one person, one vote' is overshadowed by 'one dollar, one vote'?

tinyurl.com/r2djfp82
The Return of Inequality | Lessons of History | Ideas with Nahlah Ayed | Live Radio | CBC Listen
In 2016 Jennifer Welsh delivered her CBC Massey Lectures, The Return of History — a wake-up call to those of us who may have felt a little too optimistic about the future after the fall of the Berlin Wall. IDEAS revisits the final lecture in her series, The Return of Inequality.
www.cbc.ca
June 10, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Facing a government-mandated click-through agreement before you can engage in basic internet use sounds like a dystopian novel. But it's an actual proposal before the EU Council.
EU Council Presidency’s Last-Ditch Effort For Mass Scanning Must Be
As the current leadership of the EU Council enters its final weeks, it is debating a dangerous proposal that could lead to scanning the private files of billions of people. EFF strongly opposes this
www.eff.org
June 6, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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“We don't want people's voices being censored by states, but we also don't want people's voices being drowned out by these bots and by humans doing propaganda as well as states doing propaganda,” EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social told @ajenglish.bsky.social.
Are you chatting with a pro-Israeli AI-powered superbot?
Smart bots have emerged as an unexpected weapon in Israel’s war on Gaza. Al Jazeera looks at bots and how to spot them.
www.aljazeera.com
May 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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"A typical workday for African tech contractors, the letter says, involves 'watching murder and beheadings, child abuse and rape, pornography and bestiality, often for more than 8 hours a day.' Pay is often less than $2 per hour, it says, and workers frequently end up with [PTSD]"
The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’
African workers who label AI data or screen social posts for US tech giants are calling on President Biden to raise their plight with Kenya's president, William Ruto, who visits the US this week.
www.wired.com
May 22, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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The American people should feel a fiery volcano of white hot rage over this revelation.
The FBI is Playing Politics with Your Privacy
A bombshell report from WIRED reveals that two days after the U.S. Congress renewed and expanded the mass-surveillance authority Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the deputy
www.eff.org
May 10, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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Check out my latest in @TheAtlantic, discussing the absurdity of watching Congress ban #tiktok in the name of protecting or data, while simultaneously renewing the most the most invasive surveillance law in US history: #Section702. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The TikTok Ban Is a Red Herring
Congress is bungling tech regulation yet again.
www.theatlantic.com
April 29, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social went in-depth on privacy, cybersecurity, and future tech challenges for our democratic society with the European Data Protection Supervisor’s #20Talks series.
Eva Galperin
"20 Talks” is a series of insightful discussions with experts and influential personalities across diverse domains, looking into the profound implications of privacy and data protection within their s...
20years.edps.europa.eu
April 29, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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Iranian artist opening Leeds show exploring disability and migration
Iranian artist opening Leeds show exploring disability and migration
Paralympian Mohammad Barrangi hopes his work will help people think of human stories behind headlines about migration
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2024 at 1:12 PM