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Meet The Companies Poised To Build The Kushner-Backed “Coronavirus Surveillance System”

By Whitney Webb | The Last American Vagabond | April 11, 2020

The three companies behind the leading proposal to build a “national coronavirus surveillance system”, an initiative spearheaded by Jared Kushner, boast deep ties to Google, intelligence-linked venture capital firms as well as one of last year’s eerily predictive “pandemic” simulations.

Studio Axess: Nicklas Berild Lundblad – När pandemin möter IT-samhället

»Spridningen av coronaviruset sker i ett helt nytt informationssamhälle. Vid liknande tidigare kriser har det funnits dominerande kanaler där myndigheter och politiska ledare har framfört sina budskap och dit de flesta människor har vänt sig. Nu finns en hel uppsjö av källor av ytterst varierande kvalitet och alla besked blir ifrågasatta. Nicklas Berild Lundblad, fil dr och global samhällsplaneringschef på Google, pekar på vikten av inkluderande kommunikation i detta nya läge. De ansvariga behöver förklara sina beslut, redovisa sina resonemang och göra människor delaktiga.

UK: Google data transfer to USA just the start – “possibilities for abuse are enormous”

TruePublica
Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under US jurisdiction instead, the company confirmed on 19 February. The shift, prompted by Britain’s exit from the EU, will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement. But it won’t end there.
Alphabet Inc’s Google intends to require its British users to acknowledge new terms of service including the new jurisdiction.

Are DNC insiders weaponizing ‘election security’ to seize control of 2020 primaries?

By Helen Buyniski | RT | February 12, 2020 Google and a dodgy “election security” nonprofit are reaching out to Democratic campaigns with free security tools, even offering to activate them. After the Iowa debacle, campaigns should be wary of DNC insiders bearing gifts. Election security nonprofit Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC) has partnered with Google […]