PiS Used Pegasus to Spy on Over 100 People ‘Without Grounds’, Poland Official Claims (balkaninsight.com)
PiS Used Pegasus to Spy on Over 100 People ‘Without Grounds’, Poland Official Claims (balkaninsight.com)
Hungary’s Diplomatic Isolation Looks Complete as Turkey Blindsides It (balkaninsight.com)
Hungary faces diplomatic embarrassment after Turkey swiftly ratified Sweden's NATO bid, leaving Hungary as the sole holdout. Orban’s face-saving attempt to force a gesture from the Swedes received short shrift.
North Macedonia Is Burning Up Its Past to the Detriment of All (balkaninsight.com)
Keeping warm in winter has a high price in North Macedonia. The Balkan country’s historical heritage is being destroyed in order to get at the lignite that’s proving so harmful to people’s health.
Pregnant Woman's Brutal Killing Fuels Femicide Debate in Greece (balkaninsight.com)
The savage murder of a 41-year-old pregnant woman, the country's first femicide of 2024, has stirred fresh calls in Greece for femicide to be made a distinct criminal act...
NATO Mission in Kosovo Rejects Calls to Police Tense North (balkaninsight.com)
KFOR mission dismisses Serbian and Albanian calls for it to start policing the restive Serb-majority north of Kosovo, saying these duties are 'the exclusive prerogative of the Kosovo Police'.
Europol Sought Unlimited Data Access in Online Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (balkaninsight.com)
According to minutes released under FOI, the European police agency pushed for unfiltered access to data that would be obtained under a proposed new scanning system for detecting child sexual abuse images on messaging apps, with a view, experts say, to training AI algorithms....
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)
An investigation uncovers a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online, a proposal leading experts say puts rights at risk and will introduce new vulnerabilities by undermining encryption.
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5772041...
Europol Sought Unlimited Data Access in Online Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (balkaninsight.com)
According to minutes released under FOI, the European police agency pushed for unfiltered access to data that would be obtained under a proposed new scanning system for detecting child sexual abuse images on messaging apps, with a view, experts say, to training AI algorithms.
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)
‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content (balkaninsight.com)
Robbers dig tunnel to stage break-in at Montenegro Higher Court (balkaninsight.com)
Montenegrin police began an investigation after robbers tunnelled into the Higher Court’s storage rooms in Podgorica, where trial evidence including seized drugs and weapons was reportedly being kept....
Democracy Digest: Hungary Locks Horns with US over Bosnia, Naturalisation Law (balkaninsight.com)
Elsewhere, Czechs finally have law to protect whistleblowers; Poland adopts amended version of a panel to investigate ‘Russian influence’; and Slovaks don’t want the next government to help Ukraine militarily.
Kosovo’s Other Deadlock: LGBT Rights in a Time of Strife (balkaninsight.com)
‘Where Did Everyone Go?’ The Sad, Slow Emptying of Bulgaria’s Vidin (balkaninsight.com)
