Prime Minister Takaichi recently announced his intention to bring the national intelligence service under his control, which will be modelled on the US CIA. Is this another step towards overcoming the constitutional ban on operating outside Japan’s borders? By Andrea Monti – professor of digital identity, privacy and cybersecurity at the University of Rome-Sapienza – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “What does Japan’s decision to give the prime minister control over intelligence mean?”
Japan: the line between defence and cyber warfare is blurring in the new cybersecurity law
The Cyber Counter-Capacity Enhancement Law (CCEL) strengthens Japanese cybersecurity. But the line between security and warfare is becoming increasingly blurred, and democracy is struggling to protect it by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Wired.it Continue reading “Japan: the line between defence and cyber warfare is blurring in the new cybersecurity law”
The TikTok ruling and the future of Chinese high-tech multinationals
The recent decision of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the TikTok case confirms the validity of the law mandating the forced sale of the US subsidiary of the Chinese social networking giant, sets an important precedent in the relationship between rights and national security, and provides a fairly precise idea of how state control over foreign companies, not only Chinese, will evolve by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “The TikTok ruling and the future of Chinese high-tech multinationals”
Who will save us from technological profiling?
Equalize, the scandal that is filling the newsfeed of these hours re-proposes all the issues posed by similar events that have happened in Italy and abroad, and in particular, highlights three of them: the ‘loyalty’ of the civil servants entrusted with the power to enter the citizen’s lives, the involvement of private entities in the provision of technological services to critical apparatuses of the State, the need to ‘cut angles’ or to practice ‘plausible deniability’ on the part of institutions, companies and subjects in top positions even in private sectors – by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Strategikon – Italian Tech – La Repubblica
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Who wins and who loses in the Julian Assange affair
The plea bargain with which the US has decided to put an end (at least for now) to the Julian Assange affair highlights once again, and in exemplary fashion, how illusory it is to think that law represents a force to which everyone, including states, must submit by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Italian Tech-La Repubblica Continue reading “Who wins and who loses in the Julian Assange affair”