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Maybe, as part of reviewing the UK government use of WhatsApp, there'll be a recommendation to adopt something based on [matrix] ?
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/independent-review-of-the-use-of-non-corporate-com…

Independent Review of the Use of Non-corporate Communications Channels in Government
The appointment of an Independent Reviewer of the Use of Non-corporate Communications Channels in Government

The US House Judiciary Committee is coming down hard on the S. Korean government for its actions against online retailer Coupang following a massive breach.
New Report Exposes South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses
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New Report Exposes South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled, "Closed for Competition: South Korea's Discriminatory Attacks on American-owned Businesses." The report details South Korea's history of discriminatory treatment against American-owned businesses and the ways in which it has escalated over the past sever

At a time when the Trump administration seeks to expand the definition of terrorism to encompass a wide range of dissenting views,
Americans’ fears of abuse of government surveillance of their communications are more justified than ever;
15 activists in Minneapolis were recently indicted based largely on Signal chats, for example.

Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters’ phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.

With Thameslink coming into public ownership, the Spanish owned Go-Ahead group loses half its income and 1/6 of its profits.
Opportunities there for buses to come into public ownership too?!
Reino Unido nacionaliza los trenes que privatizó y deja a la española Globalvia sin su gran negocio en el país | Público

Reino Unido nacionaliza los trenes que privatizó y deja a la española Globalvia sin su gran negocio en el país
El Gobierno británico nacionaliza el principal operador del servicio de cercanías ferroviarias del país, cuya matriz es propiedad en un 49% de la empresa con sede en España.

It's interesting to know about some of the historical strategies for preventing revolution. There were basically two strategies to protect the institution of monarchy.
Metternich believed that brutal repression was the only answer: censor the press, monitor communication, create a coalition of kings and persecute revolutionaries wherever they could be found. Giving even an inch, he believed, would open the door to revolution.
But there was another approach: concession. By giving a little bit - create a constitution (even if it's meaningless), allow people to vote (even if the people they vote for have no power), etc - could offer a release and prevent revolution. There are still monarchies in Europe. They're no longer absolute, but they still hold a lot of power (even if people *think* of them as being decorative). They held that power by giving up a little bit at a time to slow down progress.
The fact is, they were both right.
The US has kept their regressive oligarchy stable by oscillating between the two. We are in the brutal repression phase, where concessions are stripped away and radicals are suppressed. This phase breaks up the progress made and pushes back the clock. The next phase, if the US makes it that far, if the fascists are smart enough to let go, will be concession. They will give a few inches to keep everything from collapsing. They'll give just enough room to get people back to brunch.
While they're at brunch, the next phase will be planned.
This is not really conscious, but an emergent behavior of the two party system. It's just kind of how the dichotomy of liberalism and conservatism works. Government is a fundamentally oppressive entity. The question is really, how long will we let the pendulum swing? How small of a concession will we accept, or will we demand everything now?

LU 1er juillet 2026
"Lëtz prepare! Luc Frieden, Yuriko Backes et Léon Gloden présentent les résultats de l'enquête nationale sur la perception des risques et menaces"
Site: • https://gouvernement.lu/fr/actualites/

CMA has a call for evidence regarding third-party access to NFC on iPhones (iOS).
https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/issues-relating-to-nfc-access-on-ios

Issues relating to NFC access on iOS
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on keys issues relating to Near Field Communication (NFC) access on iOS.

OpenAI hopes to make GPT-5.6 generally available in the coming weeks and says "this kind of government access process" should not become the long-term default (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-limits-

If the U.S's new intelligence apparatus,
powered by AI and irresistible to America’s top commanders
is hastily integrated into the nuclear arsenal,
the fallout will be anything but “exquisite.” 
An examination of government documents, private sector contracting records, and the little noticed statements of military commanders
suggests that the same artificial intelligence that allowed frictionless decapitation in Iran
is now coming to the nuclear arsen…

The AI Ghost in the Nuclear War Machine
The injection of this new technology into the military seems like a fever dream. But it’s a reality we’re hurtling toward, ready or not.

Republicans are all abuzz about socialism because the party’s political prospects look dire this fall.
Donald Trump’s approval ratings are in the thirties,
Americans are experiencing surging energy prices,
and Trump and other Republicans are engaged in open corruption while cutting vital government programs.
They need something, and in a pinch, socialism has always been the go-to emergency button for the right to push.

Why the GOP loves to use ‘communism’ as an attack
Explaining the Right this week explores why Republicans keep trying to scare people into thinking Democrats want communism.