Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

All about stuxnet and digital dangers | Arjen Kamphuis in 2016

Dutch IT-specialist Arjen Kamphuis in 2016 held a speech on modern IT that is still up to date. If you want to know about NSA, stuxnet and how to become more cybersecure (without the U.S.), then watch:     Arjen … Lees verder →

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Mitigating the negative impects of emergency measures on civic space | ECNL

The European Center for Not-for-profit Law (ECNL) is worried about the negative impects of COVID-19 emergency measures on civic space, read: EU, emergency powers and civic space. From the article: In this policy brief, building on data and research drawing … Lees verder →

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European procurement law to be amended | International Procurement Instrument

Procurement law is to change, read the article on the site of the European Parliament, MEPs want the new international procurement instrument to apply more widely. The Parliament in December 2021 has voted in regard of the proposed International Procurement … Lees verder →

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Independence of lawyers threatened | CCBE

The past years according to law enforcement agencies [*] lawyers are supposed to play an important role in facilitating crime. It seems that governments forget that it is essential to have adequate legal support against a powerful government and other … Lees verder →

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Lie-detection for the world leaders and managers of large companies? 2022

The developments in facial recognition are going fast, including lie-detection: read TAU researchers are catching ‘liars’ at an unprecedented accuracy of 73% by measuring facial muscles’ movements. It is an interesting development, it would be nice if the leaders of … Lees verder →

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European Commission proposes Anti-Coercion Instrument

The European Commission on 8 December 2021 has proposed a new tool to counter the use of economic coercion by third countries. According to the press release the legal instrument: is in response to the EU and its Member States … Lees verder →

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Fake AI – unmasking the artificial intelligence hype

Something to read during the weekend: the Fake AI book edited by Frederike Kaltheuner. The publication on the website of the book is introduced as: From predicting criminality to sexual orientation, fake and deeply flawed Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rampant. … Lees verder →

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CCBE news regarding anti-money laundering | AML, CFT

In its latest newsletter the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) warns that some of the elements of the European Anti-Money Laundering package violate fundamental rights: Adoption of a position paper on the Anti Money Laundering (AML) … Lees verder →

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“Mitigating the Unintended Consequences of the FATF Standards” | AML, FATF, de-risking

Instead of fundamentally changing its concepts (as is necessary), FATF published a document regarding “Mitigating the Unintended Consequences of the FATF Standards“. In the announcement FATF informs the public that it launced in February 2021 a new project to study … Lees verder →

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UBO Atlas | ubo-register, AML, CFT

Open State Foundation (OSF), a government and millionaire funded NGO that is responsible for (amongst others) the marketing of beneficial ownership registers, published the UBO Atlas, an overview of Ultimate Beneficial Ownership registers across the EU. OSF has the opinion … Lees verder →

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