Evening Report’s Lead Item:
Paul Buchanan on Mass Collection Vs Mass Surveillance
By Dr Paul Buchanan, Founder of 36th Parallel Assessments. IN RECENT DAYS there have been claims that there has been both more and less spying by New Zealand intelligence agencies. Proponents and opponents of the intelligence community have seized on one or the other claim to argue in favour or against NZ’s involvement in the 5 Eyes signals intelligence network … FULL ARTICLE
Today’s Must Read Item – Amnesty Int Poll Shows New Zealanders Oppose Five-Eyes Mass Surveillance Source: Amnesty International – New Zealanders part of global opposition to USA big brother mass surveillance Important References: Amnesty Results New Zealand … FULL ARTICLE
Today’s Most Read Article – A Culture Lost – What We Lose As We Transition Toward Absolute-Digital POV By Sumner Burstyn. NEW RESEARCH REVEALS we humans are becoming bi-literate. Reading online and reading on paper require different parts of the brain. Online we are non-linear. We skim and dart and skitter. Manoush Zomorodi, the host of New Tech City, says we’ve adapted so well to this we’re losing the deep reading part of our brains. Abigail … FULL ARTICLE
Evening’s Reports:
- Voluntary out-of-home care to be reviewed – Government
- Big reduction in young mums on benefit – Government
- Chartered Accountants dislike current domestic tax transparency legislation
- NZ Super Fund performance improving – Report
- Reminder: This Friday, Cuba and Chernobyl film, 7pm, 6a Western Springs Rd
- Scholarship for Pacific students on offer
- New Gallipoli app launched
- Elderly and sick aboriginal group turned away from essential services during tropical cyclone
- Thousands of pregnant women require care in cyclone-slammed Vanuatu
- New UN report highlights ‘terrifying’ impact of Ebola on nine million children
- More European countries to join China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
