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Sonja Peteranderl
@crimewatch.bsky.social
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Crime/OC/Tech/Future/(Digital)Violence/GBV. Journalist (SWR Vollbild/Spiegel/AlgorithmWatch), Mediator, Founder BuzzingCities Lab, OpenCrime, The School of Conflict&Peace. HU Environmental Crimes/AI Fellow. Part of "Your Stalker`s Playlist" Mexico/Germany
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Sonja Peteranderl @crimewatch.bsky.social · Jun 24
Crime & Tech Researcher | Investigative Journalist | Founder BuzzingCities Lab, The School of Conflict & Peace | Mediator (International Peace Mediation)

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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 8h
It’s not subtle, really.

I wonder how many US citizens REALLY want to live in an increasingly isolated, autocratic, white supremacist terror state with death squads operating on foreign soil and no free press at home.

This is the NYT homepage right now.
Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela The development comes as the U.S. military is planning its own possible escalation, and drawing up options for President Trump. 5 MIN READ Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People 6 MIN READ Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Firing Government Workers During Shutdown 4 MIN READ How the Pentagon Is Blocking Out News Organizations The new rules codify strict limitations on access and raise the prospect of punishment for requesting information on matters of public interest.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 9h
Germany and Ukraine have signed an agreement to expand bilateral cooperation in the defence industry

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Ukraine and Germany strengthen cooperation in defence industry | MoD News
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal and Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius signed an agreement on defence-industrial cooperation.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 9h
"Ten lossmaking artificial intelligence start-ups have gained close to $1tn in valuation over the past 12 months, an unprecedented increase that adds to fears about an inflating bubble in private markets that could spill over into the wider economy."
‘Of course it’s a bubble’: AI start-up valuations soar in investor frenzy
Unprecedented funding leads 10 groups including OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI to gain almost $1tn in value in past year
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 9h
This video is a perfect example of the confusion around the drone wall. Is it air defence? Is it a wall *made out of drones*? Half of this vid makes no sense 🫠

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Russland und die Nato: Pistorius plant Milliardeninvestition in Drohnen
Zehn Milliarden Euro für Drohnen: So viel will Deutschland laut Verteidigungsminister Pistorius in den kommenden Jahren ausgeben. Ziel ist eine digital vernetzte Luftverteidigung auf europäischer Eben...
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Sonja Peteranderl @crimewatch.bsky.social · 10h
„Trotz der anhaltenden Debatte in der schwarz-roten Koalition über den #Wehrdienst beginnt der Bundestag mit den Beratungen des Gesetzentwurfs von Bundesverteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius (SPD)“
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 11h
Bundestag startet Wehrdienst-Beratungen#Wehrdienst#Wehrpflicht#Bundestag
Bundestag startet Wehrdienst-Beratungen
Die SPD versichert, dass bis November ein Kompromiss gelingt. Auch der Bundespräsident schaltet sich ein.
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Jonathan Sachse @jsachse.bsky.social · 12h
Aufzeichnung der gestrigen Debatte im Sportausschuss im Bundestag zum Kinder- & Jugendschutz im Sport/ Zentrum für Safe Sport. Es sprechen u.a. Athleten Deutschland und DFB, die mit Bezug zur Recherche von @11freunde.de & @correctiv.org als Sachverständige eingeladen wurden. youtu.be/oB23zVJBdpA?...
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 13h
Journalisten verlassen Pentagon aus Protest#USA#Pressefreiheit#Hegseth
Journalisten verlassen Pentagon aus Protest
Fast alle Medien weigern sich, Hegseths Regeln zu befolgen - auch sein eigener Ex-Arbeitgeber Fox News.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 13h
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’
www.theguardian.com
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Christian Fuchs @christian-fuchs.bsky.social · 14h
Erinnert ihr Euch an den Spion im Büro von AfD-Spitzenkandidat Maximilian Krah? Er wurde nun als Geheimagent einer fremden Macht verurteilt – als besonders schwerer Fall: 4 Jahre, 9 Monate Haft.

Krah will nie etwas gewusst haben. Die Ermittlungen zeigen aber Krahs Rolle in dem Spionage-Skandal 🧵
AfD-Politiker Mximilian Krah 2018 im Café Europa in Dresden mit dem China-Spion Jian G. Beide sitzen am Tisch und grinsen in die Kamera.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 14h
“The weapon would allow Kyiv to perform “combined attacks and better destroy oil processing, military industrial complex, logistics and command and control”, said Mykola Bielieskov, a fellow at the National Institute for Strategic Studies”
The Tomahawk missiles Trump is considering for Ukraine
The US president has floated selling Kyiv a long-range weapon capable of striking Moscow
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.loyal Magazin @loyalmagazin.bsky.social · 14h
❗Ohne #Drogen ist der #Krieg für viele ukrainische Soldaten nicht auszuhalten. Vor allem Cannabis und Amphetamine sind weit verbreitet. Drogenkonsum ist verboten. Wer erwischt wird, muss damit rechnen, dass im Todesfall die Hinterbliebenen keine Ausgleichszahlungen erhalten.
Grafik Drogenkonsum im ukrainischen Militär
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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 14h
So funktioniert das dänische Losverfahren beim Wehrdienst#Dänemark#Wehrpflicht
So funktioniert das dänische Losverfahren beim Wehrdienst
In Sachen Wehrdienst diskutieren Union und SPD ein Losverfahren nach dänischem Vorbild.
www.tagesschau.de
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h
Scores of journalists with access to the Pentagon handed in their press passes on Wednesday rather than sign on to new rules that sharply restrict access and raise the prospect of punishment for simply requesting information on matters of public interest. Here is what the new rules say.
What Do the New Pentagon Press Reporting Rules Say?
The new rules codify strict limitations on access and raise the prospect of punishment for requesting information on matters of public interest.
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Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · 14h
Wie querfrontig will die Berliner Zeitung noch werden?
Ihr neuer Chefredakteur und BSW-Fan Harald Neuber attestiert Mario Sixtus „extremistischer“ aufzutreten als Julia Ruhs.
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Verena Mischitz @vmischitz.bsky.social · 22h
shit‘s getting real
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 1d
To understand the AI and data center boom, it's important to know both the role of "zero-revenue" companies and the opaque and largely unregulated Wall Street financing vehicles that make them possible.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d
"A group of non-revenue-generating energy companies have collectively ballooned in value to more than $45 billion in hopes that tech companies will one day pay for their yet-to-be-built power.The biggest of these is the OpenAI CEO Sam Altman-backed nuclear startup Oklo..."
The Frothiest AI Bubble Is in Energy Stocks
Concept stocks with no revenue have soaring valuations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has backed the biggest of these energy companies.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1d
Questions:
. Why is there so much attention now?
. Why are these drones flying over critical infrastructure?
. How dangerous are these drones?
. What can be done against such drones?
. Why have German authorities not taken action before?
. What needs to happen now?

All answers 👇
Germany’s ‘Drone Fever’ Prompts Long-Needed Action
After having ignored the dangers of drone overflights of critical infrastructure, German authorities are finally taking action.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
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Anne Roth @anneroth.bsky.social · 1d
Warum es keine gute Idee ist, Fotos von offiziellen Ausweisen im Netz zu verschicken, Nr. 637:

„approximately 70,000 users that may have had government-ID photos exposed“
ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says
The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.
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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d
The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1d
Existing laws give the president great latitude in combating threats to national security — but Trump’s orders purporting to designate antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” are an obvious abuse of this authority. bit.ly/4330Su2
Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition
Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like. 
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Konrad Litschko @litschko.bsky.social · 1d
"Für internen Unmut sorgte dabei, dass nach taz-Informationen einige Fakultäten offenbar ohne große Diskussion bereit waren, für das Ministerium Listen zu erstellen. Letztlich entschied die Uni sich, keine Listen zu erstellen und auf die Wissenschaftsfreiheit zu verweisen." taz.de/AfD-hetzt-ge...
AfD hetzt gegen Hochschulen: Angriff auf die Freiheit der Wissenschaft
Die AfD Sachsen-Anhalt fragt gezielt nach Listen postkolonialer Seminare und Lehrstühle. Wie die Universitäten beginnen, sich gegen die Angriffe zu wappnen.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d
I'll be writing about today's Supreme Court arguments in Callais v. Louisiana—which the GOP justices have likely teed up to nuke what's left of the Voting Rights Act—but for now, read up on the practical consequences of this case: a net 19 extra House seats for Republicans. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Might Net Republicans 19 Congressional Seats in One Fell Swoop
On Wednesday, the justices will take the extraordinary step of rehearing Louisiana v. Callais.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 1d
Exhibit A for why proper oversight is essential

Canada's 🇨🇦 CSIS mischaracterized its use of undisclosed secret surveillance tech. Report is heavily redacted but...

The technology introduced “a significant expansion of collection capabilities and operational risks.”

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
CSIS lacked proper policies, procedures to manage new secret technology: spy watchdog
A newly released spy watchdog report says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service lacked adequate policies and procedures to manage a secret technology for collecting information.
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Amnesty Deutschland @amnesty.de · 1d
Die Bundesregierung will die biometrische #Überwachung der Bevölkerung vorantreiben. Warum die Pläne zum Scheitern verurteilt sind, haben wir eben bei einer gemeinsamen Pressekonferenz mit @algorithmwatch.org, @ccc.de, @freiheitsrechte.org und dem ehemaligen Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragten dargelegt 🔽
Deutschland: Biometrische Überwachungspläne der Bundesregierung sind zum Scheitern verurteilt
Die Bundesregierung hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die biometrische Überwachung der Bevölkerung voranzutreiben.
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CCC @ccc.de · 1d
Nur rechtswidrig möglich: Polizei muss Datenbanken mit Personenbildern aufbauen, um eine #Gesichtserkennung in Echtzeit durchzuführen www.heise.de/news/Studie-...
Studie: Live-Gesichtserkennung durch Polizei nur rechtswidrig möglich
Wie könnte Gesichtserkennungssoftware für Polizeibehörden funktionieren? Eine Studie im Auftrag von Algorithmwatch untersucht die Möglichkeiten.
www.heise.de
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