Denmark is different than the U.S. because of their much more generous welfare state. In 1996, the U.S. barred noncitizens from receiving most forms of federal welfare benefits. That's why our chart looks very different:

#Chatkontrolle bleibt Chatkontrolle, auch wenn man sie anders nennt, eine Schleife drum macht, oder in nettes Geschenkpapier einwickelt. Es ist und bleibt anlasslose #Massenüberwachung (schlecht) getarnt als #Kinderschutz

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"International waters are international waters. We're sailing through." Clear words from Boris Pistorius as a German Navy ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in 22 years. Equally notable: German industry signalled its approval. The world is changing.

Scanning everyone's private messages breaks encryption. It’s dangerous and would weaken online safety for billions of people around the world.

What “we” is Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz talking about? The Greens & FDP, his defense minister, & most of parliament want to give #Ukraine Taurus. Everyone in Berlin knows he’s unilaterally blocking this. Scholz is a weak, stubborn leader threatening 🇩🇪&🇪🇺 security by hindering 🇺🇦 defense.

German industrial production is currently more than 15% *lower* than at the end of 2017. The decline is broad-based. via Daniel Kral

Wie üblich sorgen sich deutsche Journalisten mehr um den Zustand Amerikas als den Zustand im eigenen Land.

If smartphones and social media are so safe for our kids, then why do tech company leaders work so hard to protect their own children from a phone-based childhood? Our latest at After Babel (repost from The Atlantic), with Zach Rausch & Lennon Torres afterbabel.com/p/tech-hypocri…

Pistorius for Kanzler!

We tend to forget how absurd life in a totalitarian regime becomes.

Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz Zehn Milliarden die man jetzt für eine schlagkräftige Bundeswehr einsetzen kann...

Zuck is "done apologizing". So Meta will drive teens into suicide unapologetically now nytimes.com/2024/09/11/tec…

In a sworn declaration, a former ByteDance employee makes the following statements… “One of the main functions of ByteDance’s moderation platforms was to censor content on TikTok.” “During my employment at ByteDance, American users’ content on TikTok was censored by ByteDance

China is pushing its state-of-the-art surveillance and policing tactics abroad. barrons.com/news/china-s-p…

Die letzten knapp 40 Jahre in Deutschland: CDU/CSU: - 32 Jahre Kanzler - 28 Jahre Verkehrsministerium (davon 21 Jahre CSU) Grüne: - 0 Jahre Kanzler - 0 Jahre Verkehrsministerium Wer laut Markus Söder (CSU) an einstürzende Brücken und verspäteten Zügen schuld ist: - die Grünen

Deutsches & US Radio bis heute dominiert von "Beste Songs der 80er & 90er" for a reason

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Wake up Europe!

So relevant in der derzeitigen Diskussion in Deutschland