www.newsweek.com > Stefan Simanowitz
Why is Amnesty barred from monitoring Julian Assange's extradition hearings?
18 sep. 2020 - Amnesty International have monitored trials from Guantanamo Bay to Bahrain, Ecuador to Turkey. For our observer to be denied access profoundly undermines open justice.
 · freedom-of-the-press · julian-assange · justice · whistleblowing · wikileaks

www.newsweek.com > Tanya O’Carroll
The Pandemic Could Obliterate a Last Frontier in Our Privacy: Our Biological Selves
14 jul. 2020 - The world of biotech was already blossoming before murmurings of an untreatable mystery virus started to circulate at the end of last year. There are now countless companies offering everything from personalized fitness plans based on your genes to dietary advice based on the bacteria in your gut. These companies and the VC firms that back them believe there is a huge, untapped market for selling AI-driven insights based on health data. Big Tech also wants in.
 · covid-19 · palantir · privacy · surveillance-capitalism