Hillary Clinton has condemned totalitarian tools used by US rivals, warning technology companies not to be “complicit” in restricting human rights online.
Speaking at Oxford University on Tuesday, Mrs Clinton said digital rights were now human rights, and called on governments and tech companies to ensure people are protected.
She said China’s use of surveillance and facial recognition technology against its Muslim Uighur population was a “21st-century model of totalitarian oppression”, with credible reports of mass detention, torture and brainwashing in the country’s western Xinjiang region.
“Technology and globalisation were supposed to bind the world closer together, break down the barriers that rulers use to hold their people back and spur on openness, innovation and freedom,” she said.
“We’ve learned the hard way that technology is a double-edged sword, not just carrying democratic values to oppressed people but also giving authoritarians the tools to tighten control and counter-attack at the foundations of open societies.”
Mrs Clinton used China and Russia as examples of internet misuse to curb human rights. Mrs Clinton also talked of China’s "Great Firewall", used to restrict citizens’ access to information and root out dissidents.
“It also bullies foreign tech companies, nations and international organisations alike to accept its vision of an internet divvied up between all-controlling national governments,” she said.
Mrs Clinton called on Google to “refuse to be complicit, regardless of how many advertising dollars are at stake”.
Russia used the internet to “wage cyber warfare” and influence elections and referendums through social media in the US and Europe, Mrs Clinton said.
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Rogier Creemers, a China expert at Oxford University, recently published a document purporting to show Chinese officials planning a "social credit" system. The State Council document proposed using big data collected on citizens to give them individual scores on their behaviour.
The six-year roll-out plan said every adult should have a social credit code assigned to them by 2020. Mrs Clinton said the system amounted to a “high-tech gulag”.
She also backed lawmakers in the UK in their quest for a full, independent investigation into Russian influence over the Brexit referendum.
“When you add it all up, democracy is in turmoil, autocrats ascendant, a dystopian future taking shape before our eyes, it sounds daunting,” she said.
A solution lay in democracies teaming up against human rights abuses and putting them at the front and centre of interactions with nations like Russia and China who flagrantly disregard them, Mrs Clinton said.
Her ire was not only reserved for Russia and China, however. She criticised Theresa May’s European lawmakers for their refusal to vote for the EU's Article 7 process against Hungary for its undermining of civil rights.
“It’s disheartening to see conservatives in Brussels vote to shield Victor Orban from censure, including British Tories. They’ve come a long way from the party of Churchill and Thatcher,” Ms Clinton said.
Her criticism wasn’t just reserved for foreign nations. The former New York senator attacked President Donald Trump’s policies – including the Muslim travel ban, family separations at the Mexican border and banning transgender Americans from the armed forces – saying they were a threat to human rights.
The wide-ranging speech also praised groups such as Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement, as well as Nobel Peace Prize winners Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege for their activism.
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UAE Premiership
Results
Dubai Exiles 24-28 Jebel Ali Dragons
Abu Dhabi Harlequins 43-27 Dubai Hurricanes
Final
Abu Dhabi Harlequins v Jebel Ali Dragons, Friday, March 29, 5pm at The Sevens, Dubai
Four motivational quotes from Alicia's Dubai talk
“The only thing we need is to know that we have faith. Faith and hope in our own dreams. The belief that, when we keep going we’re going to find our way. That’s all we got.”
“Sometimes we try so hard to keep things inside. We try so hard to pretend it’s not really bothering us. In some ways, that hurts us more. You don’t realise how dishonest you are with yourself sometimes, but I realised that if I spoke it, I could let it go.”
“One good thing is to know you’re not the only one going through it. You’re not the only one trying to find your way, trying to find yourself, trying to find amazing energy, trying to find a light. Show all of yourself. Show every nuance. All of your magic. All of your colours. Be true to that. You can be unafraid.”
“It’s time to stop holding back. It’s time to do it on your terms. It’s time to shine in the most unbelievable way. It’s time to let go of negativity and find your tribe, find those people that lift you up, because everybody else is just in your way.”
MATCH INFO
Uefa Champions League, last 16, first leg
Ajax v Real Madrid, midnight (Thursday), BeIN Sports
Essentials
The flights
Emirates and Etihad fly direct from the UAE to Los Angeles, from Dh4,975 return, including taxes. The flight time is 16 hours. Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Aeromexico and Southwest all fly direct from Los Angeles to San Jose del Cabo from Dh1,243 return, including taxes. The flight time is two-and-a-half hours.
The trip
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic’s eight-day Whales Wilderness itinerary costs from US$6,190 (Dh22,736) per person, twin share, including meals, accommodation and excursions, with departures in March and April 2018.
The squad traveling to Brazil:
Faisal Al Ketbi, Ibrahim Al Hosani, Khalfan Humaid Balhol, Khalifa Saeed Al Suwaidi, Mubarak Basharhil, Obaid Salem Al Nuaimi, Saeed Juma Al Mazrouei, Saoud Abdulla Al Hammadi, Taleb Al Kirbi, Yahia Mansour Al Hammadi, Zayed Al Kaabi, Zayed Saif Al Mansoori, Saaid Haj Hamdou, Hamad Saeed Al Nuaimi. Coaches Roberto Lima and Alex Paz.
MOUNTAINHEAD REVIEW
Starring: Ramy Youssef, Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman
Director: Jesse Armstrong
Rating: 3.5/5
Correspondents
By Tim Murphy
(Grove Press)
Ashes 2019 schedule
August 1-5: First Test, Edgbaston
August 14-18: Second Test, Lord's
August 22-26: Third Test, Headingley
September 4-8: Fourth Test, Old Trafford
September 12-16: Fifth Test, Oval
SERIES INFO
Cricket World Cup League Two
Nepal, Oman, United States tri-series
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
Fixtures
Wednesday February 5, Oman v Nepal
Thursday, February 6, Oman v United States
Saturday, February 8, United States v Nepal
Sunday, February 9, Oman v Nepal
Tuesday, February 11, Oman v United States
Wednesday, February 12, United States v Nepal
Table
The top three sides advance to the 2022 World Cup Qualifier.
The bottom four sides are relegated to the 2022 World Cup playoff
1 United States 8 6 2 0 0 12 0.412
2 Scotland 8 4 3 0 1 9 0.139
3 Namibia 7 4 3 0 0 8 0.008
4 Oman 6 4 2 0 0 8 -0.139
5 UAE 7 3 3 0 1 7 -0.004
6 Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 PNG 8 0 8 0 0 0 -0.458
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Remaining fixtures
- August 29 – UAE v Saudi Arabia, Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
- September 5 – Iraq v UAE, Amman, Jordan (venue TBC)
UAE SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Ali Khaseif, Fahad Al Dhanhani, Mohammed Al Shamsi, Adel Al Hosani
Defenders: Bandar Al Ahbabi, Shaheen Abdulrahman, Walid Abbas, Mahmoud Khamis, Mohammed Barghash, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Hassan Al Mahrami, Yousef Jaber, Mohammed Al Attas
Midfielders: Ali Salmeen, Abdullah Ramadan, Abdullah Al Naqbi, Majed Hassan, Abdullah Hamad, Khalfan Mubarak, Khalil Al Hammadi, Tahnoun Al Zaabi, Harib Abdallah, Mohammed Jumah
Forwards: Fabio De Lima, Caio Canedo, Ali Saleh, Ali Mabkhout, Sebastian Tagliabue
2018 ICC World Twenty20 Asian Western Regional Qualifier
The top three teams progress to the Asia Qualifier
Final: UAE beat Qatar by nine wickets
Third-place play-off: Kuwait beat Saudi Arabia by five runs
Table
1 UAE 5 5 0 10
2 Qatar 5 4 1 8
3 Saudi 5 3 2 6
4 Kuwait 5 2 3 4
5 Bahrain 5 1 4 2
6 Maldives 5 0 5 0
ENGLAND TEAM
Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Joe Root (captain), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
