Deep Dive #11: Your New Berlin Police Profile is Ready, & You Can't Unsubscribe!

Berlin has added 700+ pages to its laws governing policing, and a look inside is not reassuring. In fact its a grab-bag of failed predictive policing policies, AI, surveillance, and things we already know lead to racial profiling and human rights violations. In this deep dive, we’re getting into the new law and its implications for “danger zones” in Kreuzberg and Neukölln, its chilling effect on protest, and more. Here’s where to get additional background on the things we are talking about this episode:https://theleftberlin.com/berlin-enters-new-surveillance-era/https://www.heise.de/en/news/Berlin-Police-can-secretly-enter-homes-for-state-trojan-installation-11103284.htmlhttps://digitalrechte.de/news/palantir-beim-digitalgipfel-am-tisch-mit-merz-und-macronhttps://reclaimthenet.org/berlin-approves-new-expansion-of-police-surveillance-powers