I never understand what is the basis for redactions, legally? To protect individuals? Obviously you can’t just «redact» whatever you would not like to come out in a FOIA-type request? What’s the difference between «redaction» and «censorship» and «we don’t want the public to know this» - really? Is there a legal difference?
Speaking from my experience, "redacted" is what you (are supposed to) do when you f.e. remove a juvenile's name from the reporting of a crime; censoring would be to be prevented (or preventing someone) from reporting at all.
It's an Ångström apart, but it's an important distinction - doesn't excuse how "redacted" has been used as de facto censorship for nigh on three decades now.
Serious question: who did the blackening, including production of 1000 pages of explanations? Most likely, there is some software (able to "understand" text, like an LLM) behind it: a committee decides about general rules what to blacken, and the software does the heavy lifting.
What might be their hourly rate, what might be the total sum paid to them (for this exclusively destructive work), and why do I as German tax payer have to pay for this?
Plus the RKI, via their lawyers, only handed them over, albeit in heavily 'redacted' (censored) form because the Administrative Court announced it would eventually uphold the plaintiff's claims.
I'll go out on a limb here--but if the Administrative Court had, e.g., said it'd throw out the case in summer, these files would have never seen the light of day.
Important decisions on people’s lives were made. Unprecedented curtailments of freedom. We as the people have the right to know what went on. What sort of mindset can possibly justify all the secrecy, the redactions, the delays? People in power must be very scared. Bravo to Multipolar to fight this through for all of us.
It may not be the beginning of the end, but it could well be the end of the beginning.
Covid is a huge domino, and if it falls the right way now and other nations follow suit with their eq. of FOIA, the up-and-coming generation of politruks and politicians both may well succeed in blaming it all on the Old Guard and effect a reckoning.
Sure, in their own interests, but even so they need to make sacrifices to the public to win the struggle until they are securely in the seat of power.
Sorry to be so cynical, but it is probably the best that can be realistically hoped for.
Don't think you're the only cynic here (check out the subheader).
There's so many people involved in these crimes and shenanigans, it'll be extra-hard to bring anyone to justice.
Hence, I think the most important aspect of these RKI Files is--if not for the small share of ideologically blinded cultists, no-one will believe a word 'the powers that be' say, about anything.
My money on 'the next thing' those who opposed the Covid lies from the get-go, as well as those who're coming around these days, will become extremely sceptical about is: CBDCs, the 'climate crisis' scam, and the UN RICO act.
I never understand what is the basis for redactions, legally? To protect individuals? Obviously you can’t just «redact» whatever you would not like to come out in a FOIA-type request? What’s the difference between «redaction» and «censorship» and «we don’t want the public to know this» - really? Is there a legal difference?
Technically.
Practically, it seems to be 'whatever the powers that be can get away with'.
Speaking from my experience, "redacted" is what you (are supposed to) do when you f.e. remove a juvenile's name from the reporting of a crime; censoring would be to be prevented (or preventing someone) from reporting at all.
It's an Ångström apart, but it's an important distinction - doesn't excuse how "redacted" has been used as de facto censorship for nigh on three decades now.
Yep, it's censorship, plain, simple, and evil.
Just three? Lessee. . . . Kennedy was over 60 years ago, the cabal that set him up dated to post WW2.
Serious question: who did the blackening, including production of 1000 pages of explanations? Most likely, there is some software (able to "understand" text, like an LLM) behind it: a committee decides about general rules what to blacken, and the software does the heavy lifting.
That would be the Raue law firm: https://raue.com/ueber-raue/
I'd be surprised if they'd answered any such enquiries.
What might be their hourly rate, what might be the total sum paid to them (for this exclusively destructive work), and why do I as German tax payer have to pay for this?
Fair point.
While I cannot answer your question, I'm sure they were compensated royally. Perhaps you'd like to file another FOIA request?
Well, I might, but in order to put together an answer, they would turn to Raue again, further increasing the bill...
But you would stand to learn the price of their souls and spines.
The length of the process for these amputated documents to see the light of day speaks volumes: almost three years….
Plus the RKI, via their lawyers, only handed them over, albeit in heavily 'redacted' (censored) form because the Administrative Court announced it would eventually uphold the plaintiff's claims.
I'll go out on a limb here--but if the Administrative Court had, e.g., said it'd throw out the case in summer, these files would have never seen the light of day.
Change my mind.
Important decisions on people’s lives were made. Unprecedented curtailments of freedom. We as the people have the right to know what went on. What sort of mindset can possibly justify all the secrecy, the redactions, the delays? People in power must be very scared. Bravo to Multipolar to fight this through for all of us.
It may not be the beginning of the end, but it could well be the end of the beginning.
Covid is a huge domino, and if it falls the right way now and other nations follow suit with their eq. of FOIA, the up-and-coming generation of politruks and politicians both may well succeed in blaming it all on the Old Guard and effect a reckoning.
Sure, in their own interests, but even so they need to make sacrifices to the public to win the struggle until they are securely in the seat of power.
Sorry to be so cynical, but it is probably the best that can be realistically hoped for.
I hope so.
Don't think you're the only cynic here (check out the subheader).
There's so many people involved in these crimes and shenanigans, it'll be extra-hard to bring anyone to justice.
Hence, I think the most important aspect of these RKI Files is--if not for the small share of ideologically blinded cultists, no-one will believe a word 'the powers that be' say, about anything.
My money on 'the next thing' those who opposed the Covid lies from the get-go, as well as those who're coming around these days, will become extremely sceptical about is: CBDCs, the 'climate crisis' scam, and the UN RICO act.
Unglaublich!
Well, I'd say: it's not as if those on Team Reality didn't know…
Time for court visits, I'd say.