The Centre Party in Sweden is changing their mind…

August 21st, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin

… and this might have a huge impact on this political issue.

According to Aftonbladet, a big Swedish newspaper, the Centre Party has listened to the criticism against the new wiretapping law and have decided to change their mind about it. Later this month they with arrange an open hearing to discuss the matter in detail. It will be interesting to see if this could lead to the law being reversed or not.

But no matter what it leads to, this shows that grassroot media can play a huge role in legislation and politics.

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Swedish blogger nominated as international opinion maker

August 21st, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin

Swedish blogger Oscar Swartz has been nominated for the international opinion maker price “Top 10 who are changing the world of Internet and politics“. On this list he is joined by the company of personalities and organisations like Barack Obama and the UK’s Prime Minister’s Office.

We will off course interview Oscar Swart for the documentary, so keep and eye open.

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Interview with Johan Norberg

August 19th, 2008 / No Comments »/ by admin

Interviewed Johan Norberg today for the documentary, very interesting. Look out for more information about this.

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July 25th, 2008 / / by admin

Today we added two more pages to this blog; “People to Interview” and “Publicity”. Don´t forget to take this opportunity to nominate people for interviews on the “People to Interview” page or here.

And don’t miss the opportunity to be a part of the documentary yourself. There are several different ways to do so:

1. Record a video comment on this blog post (click on the link to this post, then click on “Or add a video comment with…”) with the embedded Seesmic service.

2. Record a video comment to the trailer on YouTube.

3. Record a video on any video service and just add the link in the comments for this blog post.

Thank you for your help!

Posted in: Announcement

Tags: sweden, wiretapping,www.wiretappingsweden.com

July 24th, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin

We want the voice of “the people” to shine through in this documentary, that’s why we want you to give us your opinion on camera.

There are several different ways to do so:

1. Record a video comment on this blog post (click on the link to this post, then click on “Or add a video comment with…”) with the embedded Seesmic service.

2. Record a video comment to the trailer on YouTube .

3. Record a video on any video service and just add the link in the comments for this blog post.

Thank you for your help!

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July 24th, 2008 / / by admin

We will interview several interesting people for this web documentary, but we want you input on who we should talk to. So just put you suggestions in the comment section for this post.

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July 23rd, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin

Sweden’s National Defense Radio Establishment claims wiretapping has already helped Swedish national security, improved immigration policies and helped avoid a political crisis with Russia.

If you understand Swedish you can read the rest of the story here.

Posted in: News

Tags: fra, wiretapping

July 18th, 2008 /No Comments » / by admin

Here are some of the news from Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that are popular on Swedish blogs right now (in Swedish):

- EU vill registrera bloggare
- #8220;Din trafik avlyssnas även utan FRA-lagen”
- Sahlin vill riva upp FRA-lagen
- “Ett angrepp på fri opinionsbildning”
- Folkpartist hotades av partikamrater
- Borgerligt självmål
- Sifo: Svenskarna emot FRA-lagen
- Diskussionerna om FRA-lagen fortsätter

Most of these articles are about wiretapping, and the other ones are about the proposed EU law that would lead to registering all bloggers. This shows that this is one of the most discussed topics right now in the Swedish blogosphere.

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July 10th, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin

Sweden’s National Defense Radio Establishment is trading it’s data from wiretapping Swedish citizens with other countries.

Read more (in Swedish) here.

CNN.com writes about how the US senate sent a bill to president Bush about wiretapping foreigners without any kind of warrant. Bush praises the bill and will sign it according to the article.

Watch the video where Bush praises the bill here.