Tablet | 29 Mar 2023 Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation PROLOGUE: THE INFORMATION WAR In 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy claimed that he had proof of a communist spy ring operating inside the government. Overnight, the explosive accusations blew up in the national press, but the details kept changing. Initially, McCarthy said he had a…
Truth Unmuted | 22 Feb 2022 The COVID-19 plandemic provided the perfect cover for all manner of “New Normal” changes that were always intended to become permanent. One change in particular has continued to go mostly under the radar – the increasing use of all-pervasive surveillance. Unfortunately, this Orwellian, “Big Brother” global digital ID surveillance plan…
The Defender | 20 Oct 2021 The desire to preserve the environment and protect future generations is largely universal, but are Personal Carbon Allowances and a system of surveillance capitalism, with tremendous controls over human behavior, the way to accomplish this objective? It’s lunchtime and you’re hungry. You step into a local restaurant to grab…
The Sun | 5 March 2018 CHINA’S ‘social credit’ system blacklists “lazy” citizens who get into debt or spend their time playing video games in a creepy initiative that could have come straight out of Black Mirror. Analysing users’ social media habits and online shopping purchases, the nightmarish system also grants real financial credit to citizens whose…
RNZ | 15 Aug 2016 New spy laws considered by Cabinet Cabinet is considering new legislation for New Zealand’s spy agencies this morning, with a view to introducing the bill to Parliament this week. Above: the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB)’s spy base at Waihopai, near Blenheim. A recent review recommended the Government Communications Security…
Stuff | 22 June 2016 GPS devices could be installed in every Auckland car, tracking where and when the driver goes around the city, as part of moves to introduce a form of road tolling in the city, the Automobile Association says. The government has done an about-turn on its earlier opposition to motorway tolls and now says…
NZ Herald | 7 April 2016 Our spies have been rapped for loose controls around the largest collection of sensitive information held by any government department which includes details of people’s alcohol and drug use — and their sexual behaviour. The systems were so loose the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security said there was…
NZ Herald | 31 March 2016 Concern over an imminent terrorist act led our internal intelligence agency to carry out urgent surveillance without a legal warrant under special new powers. It is unclear whether the suspected terrorist activity was aimed inside New Zealand or offshore. The fact was revealed in a sparse report from Security…
NZ Herald | 15 March 2016 Cullen-Reddy report finds little to offset concerns raised by our links with global intelligence network The intelligence services report by Sir Michael Cullen and Dame Patsy Reddy sheds more light on the GCSB’s work with the Five Eyes network, but it also leaves several questions unanswered. Since the Snowden…
The Daily Blog | 10 March 2016 The Anti-Bases Campaign is appalled by the recommendations made in the newly-released Intelligence Agencies review. The authors have proposed overthrowing a basic tenet of spy operations in this country and paved the way for a massive expansion in surveillance of NZ citizens. This is just another retrograde step…