In other words, rather than passing laws to make crypto safely crackable and set the value of Pi at three, the ministers want the tech sector to do it for them. We think.

Even though the governments appeared to have backed down for a while, they now seem to be cooperating to launch a new, much more coordinated assault on encryption. They presumably believe that at the very least the companies which would have to implement the backdoors and key escrows would not have much wiggle room to oppose them. It’s easier for a company such as Google or Microsoft to say it will exit a country if it doesn’t like it’s laws, but much harder if 20 of the richest countries say it.

(27.6.2017) Speaking at the 7th edition of the annual Cyber Week conference in Tel Aviv, PM Netanyahu said cybersecurity is a serious business now and is growing exponentially. “Most of the governments… in fact all governments in the world today are interested in cooperation with Israel in cybersecurity. Next week, my friend Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is coming to visit. We look forward to see him. This is an expression of the change in Israel’s status,” said Netanyahu.

He added because of continuous efforts in the field of cybersecurity, around 20% of all private investments is coming to Israel.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed European heads of state and government at Berlin‘s Federal Chancellery, Thursday, for a meeting ahead of the G20 summit.

Theresa May appeared to be left out in the cold at the start of the G20 summit as Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel chatted amongst themselves.

Another interesting movement that might be related to the situation in Syria was the WC-135 Constant Phoenix “nuke sniffer” that, using the radio callsign “Lando 90” flew from RAF Mildenhall, where it deployed on Jun. 22, towards the Black Sea on Jun. 26. Although the atmospheric collections aircraft used to detect the radioactive particles that result from a nuclear detonation, could be on a “pre-planned deployment” (as the official press release usually state regardless of the actual reason behind the presence of the WC-135 around the world…) it has long been speculated that it can carry sensors even capable to detect chemical substances down wind from the attack area days, or week after they were dispersed.

Once again, it might be a coincidence. Or not.

The court is dismissive of any concerns about how an order from one country to block things on the internet globally might be abused — calling the concerns „theoretical“ and unproven.

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(13.6.2017) Erstmals, das betonte sie in den vergangenen Wochen immer wieder, hätten sich diesmal die für Digitalisierung zuständigen Minister im G-20-Rahmen getroffen.

(17.3.2017) Die Menschen in Syrien trauen nichts und niemanden mehr. Weder dem Regime und seinen Verbündeten noch der Opposition oder der internationalen Gemeinschaft. Menschenrechte existieren für viele Syrer nicht mehr. Sie sind erloschen wie das Licht am Ende des Tunnels.

The Pompeo-Mamlouk call would represent the highest-level communication between the two governments in years. It also is surprising given the widespread allegations of Mamlouk‘s culpability in human rights atrocities in Syria‘s civil war. Mamlouk has been subject to U.S. sanctions since 2011.

The CIA declined to comment.

Gabbard’s “Stop Arming Terrorists Act” challenges for the first time in Congress a U.S. policy toward the conflict in the Syrian civil war that should have set off alarm bells long ago: in 2012-13 the Obama administration helped its Sunni allies Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar provide arms to Syrian and non-Syrian armed groups to force President Bashar al-Assad out of power. And in 2013 the administration began to provide arms to what the CIA judged to be “relatively moderate” anti-Assad groups—meaning they incorporated various degrees of Islamic extremism.

“During the five country ministerial meeting, we committed to joint efforts to counter the spread of violent extremism and recruitment efforts by extremist groups that advocate and utilise violence to achieve their objective,” the communique stated

In addition, the ministers further committed to a shared approach to engaging with Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to address online terrorist activities and propaganda, and to support a new industry forum led by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter.

BRUSSELS, June 23. /TASS/. The European Union plans to set up a body tasked with improving technologies to monitor terrorism-related activities online, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters after the first day of the EU summit ended on Thursday.