Me entrevistaron para El Correo de Andalucía. Podéis ver la entrevista aquí.
2022: Protecting and advancing human rights in war times
At the time of writing these lines Ukranians keep fighting for their life and freedom. Russian who oppose the way are systematically detained and silenced. Meanwhile, the weapons industry flourishes and efforts to tackle climate change and de-nuclearisation are left for “better times”. Meanwhile, political discussions on digital rights continue in Brussels and beyond. This year was the year of the adoption of landmark legislation on platforms (Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act), of opposing attacks to encryption and strengthening civil society through our decolonising and anti-racist work.
2021: Looking back at digital rights in the year of resilience
We started 2021, hoping to leave the tremendously challenging year of 2020 behind. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating…
Online surveillance thrives when fear takes over
(First published by Social Europe here. and then here in the EDRi website) European law-enforcement agencies have been pushing to…
Move fast and break Big Tech’s power
The surveillance-based business model of the dominant technology companies is based on extracting as much personal information and profiling as…
How a rotten Apple (and bad legislation) could spoil our private communications
In August 2021, Apple announced significant changes to their privacy settings for messaging and cloud services, only to “pause” it in…
The Future of Encryption in the European Union
On 19 November I participated along with Sophie in’t Veld, MEP, Klaus Landefeld, Vice Chairman of the Management Board, Director…
The ultimate goal is control and the short-term goal is public funding for private surveillance industries
“The ultimate goal is control and the short-term goal is public funding for private surveillance industries” – I discussed with…
Contact Tracing Apps and #COVID1984: Video debate with Mariana Rielli, Fábio Chiusi, Diego Naranjo and Rafael Zanatta-
Yesterday 28 May 2020 I spoke in this event about contact tracing apps, biometrics and surveillance in times of pandemics.
Surveillance Won’t Stop the Coronavirus
I co-authored this piece with Petra Molnar, which was published in the New York Times today,
COVID-1984, ¿vigilando al virus o a la sociedad?
Artículo publicado en EL Salto Andalucía sobre vigilancia como respuesta a la crisis del COVID-19. Léelo aquí.