1-7 June: the headlines on GermanPolicy.com
=Economy I= Coalition committee approves 130 billion Euro stimulus packagehttps://lnkd.in/dmjmb-6 2 million applications for Corona Emergency Aidhttps://lnkd.in/dmyPyEs Lindner opts for income tax reformhttps://lnkd.in/dpaf_iE FDP expert calls for strengthening “work regardless…
25-31 May: the headlines on GermanPolicy.com
=Economy I= EU Commission proposes aid package of 750 billion Euroshttps://lnkd.in/dkSca5b Managers more positive about the future despite economic reluctancehttps://lnkd.in/dSs4uck Schäuble promotes climate, digitization and innovationhttps://lnkd.in/dNs3NC8 Scheuer wants to support…
18-24 May: the headlines on GermanPolicy.com
GermanPolicy.com: past week’s headlines =Covid-19=Merkel: government doesn’t take the easiest wayhttps://lnkd.in/d8SFg-SSteinmeier praises efforts in Corona crisishttps://lnkd.in/d8Sx95vSchäuble: Democracy workinghttps://lnkd.in/d96T-7tMost people in Germany in favor of Corona restrictionshttps://lnkd.in/d2QcdavFewer demonstrators against Corona requirementshttps://lnkd.in/diqkMmQCoronavirus…
83 percent of Germans use online messengers | GermanPolicy.com
Almost every 16 to 24 year-old in Germany uses online messenger services. This is the result of a survey commissioned by the Federal Network Agency. The most popular service in…
New standards for intelligence service | GermanPolicy.com
by Thorsten Koch Patrick Sensburg (CDU), a member of parliament and security expert, supports the SPD’s demands to appoint a Bundestag Federal Commissioner for intelligence matters. According to a decision…
Mass surveillance abroad by the BND legally inadequate | GermanPolicy.com
by Thorsten Koch The surveillance practice by the federal intelligence service Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), regarding telecommunications by foreigners, violates fundamental rights. This has been decided by the Federal Constitutional Court. The…
German Corona Summit: Continued Social Distancing, Fewer Restrictions, and Regional Responsibility | GermanPolicy.com
The Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, a globally rampant lung disease, has claimed almost 7,000 lives in Germany, by the beginning of May 2020. But the infection rate is down…
Smartphone Tracking, or Contact Tracing | Context
Digital contact tracing creates location trails allowing for a supervising instance to know, in hindsight, whether two people were in proximity at the same time. Many smartphone apps only function…
Muslims on the Internet: The UK Example – The Islamic Ummah from Egroups to Electronic Pilgrimage | Context
Discussion forums were the first electronic Muslim spaces of communication. Nowadays, religious texts, counselling, interpretation and news dominate the Islamic presence on the internet, while extremist websites subsist in different…
Hate Speech Laws and Social Media Companies | Brief
The German government cabinet has passed a tougher stance against hate speech. What makes sense about the legal project, in Germany and elswhere, is to hold social media companies responsible…