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‘Safe City Malta’: Is Privacy the Real Crux of the Matter?

January 16, 2019 by Francois Zammit Leave a Comment

Apart from privacy, the Safe City Malta project raises a number of issues that must be addressed by the Maltese authorities: Who will be storing the data? What will be done with the data? Who will be monitoring the data?

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Filed Under: #Technology Matters, More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: AI, algorithms, facial recognition, mass surveillance, technology

‘Deserving’ vs ‘Undeserving’: Refugees vs Economic Migrants

January 15, 2019 by Daiva Repečkaitė Leave a Comment

Suffering seems to be an obligatory justification to enter Europe. In a fairer and more balanced system, economic migrants would have not had to take a perilous journey just to find work. But if trauma is the expectation, they get traumatised, too.

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Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: human rights, migration, poverty, social justice

On Regretting Motherhood

January 12, 2019 by The IotL Magazine 3 Comments

The perfect, romanticised version of motherhood—the ‘motherhood myth’—needs to be dismantled. Women who are childless by choice are controversial, but women who regret motherhood…? This is the ultimate taboo.

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Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Sexuality & Gender Tagged With: feminism, gender roles, motherhood

People Before Profit: Inħobbu l-Gżira Stands Up for the Wellbeing of the Community

January 8, 2019 by Raisa Galea 1 Comment

The newly established pressure group Inħobbu l-Gżira believes that the amended Manoel Island masterplan still needs to change.  [Read more…] about People Before Profit: Inħobbu l-Gżira Stands Up for the Wellbeing of the Community

Filed Under: Environment, More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics, Voices

Regardless of Season, Playing Ping-Pong with People’s Lives is Unacceptable!

January 7, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

When we focus our arguments on the bad weather and on the Christmas season, we downplay the significance and severity of the actual issue, which then fades from the fore of public debates.

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Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics, Voices Tagged With: democracy, human rights, migrants, migration

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