Klaus Schwab to Vacate Top Post, as WEF Looks to Become Global Leader in Public-Private ‘Cooperation’
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Klaus Schwab to Vacate Top Post, as WEF Looks to Become Global Leader in Public-Private ‘Cooperation’

ByMichael Nevradakis PhD, The Defender

Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the WEF, will step down from his leadership role, according to Semafor. Meanwhile, a WEF spokesperson said the organization is “transforming from a convening platform to the leading global institution for public-private cooperation.” Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), will step down…

The EU is getting ready for total control of the digital space
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The EU is getting ready for total control of the digital space

ByNorbert Häring

Source: Norbert Häring, Money & Markets, 15 April 2024 Under the pretext of promoting “civic” engagement, the EU Commission is funding the development of artificially intelligent software for the survellance and manipulation of social media – for use of state-funded, private watchdogs and government agencies. Preparatory work has been done in the USA. In the…

Increasing use of Bill Gates’ digital ID to control payments, health data and agriculture
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Increasing use of Bill Gates’ digital ID to control payments, health data and agriculture

ByDr. Peter F. Mayer, TKP.at

Source: TKP.at Dr Peter F. Mayer, 12 April 2024 More and more countries around the world have started to introduce a new global digital ID system, which is being strongly promoted by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Gates has travelled to various countries to convince heads of state and government of the idea, as can be…

Greece extends digital ID obligation
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Greece extends digital ID obligation

ByThomas Oysmüller

Source: TKP.at, Thomas Oysmüller, 15 April 2024 The use of the eID is supposed to remain voluntary in the EU. However, Greece shows that without a digital ID, people could soon be confronted with restrictions in everyday life. The EU Commission regularly declares that the digital ID will not be mandatory and that no one…

Sweden’s new government wants a right to pay in cash

Sweden’s new government wants a right to pay in cash

ByNorbert Häring

Source: Norbert Häring, Geld und mehr, 22/01/2024 22. 01. 2024 | The abolition of cash is not happening, it is being done with the support of governments. If citizens no longer want this and elect or threaten to elect a new government, things can change quite quickly. Following Italy, Austria, Slovakia and Norway, this is…

Russia’s Finance Ministry says (again) that the digital ruble will replace cash
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Russia’s Finance Ministry says (again) that the digital ruble will replace cash

ByEdward Slavsquat

“The transition to CBDCs will be completely voluntary, though. You needn’t worry!” Alexei Moiseev, Russia’s deputy minister of finance, is the world’s most candid space lizard. When he announced in a September 2021 interview that “the digital ruble is a replacement for the cash ruble”, skeptics and haters spread hurtful rumors that Moiseev’s refreshing and…

Poll: Americans Don’t Want a Central Bank Digital Currency
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Poll: Americans Don’t Want a Central Bank Digital Currency

ByAdam Dick

A poll from the Cato Institute indicates that, while about half of Americans do not have an opinion regarding whether the Federal Reserve should “begin offering a government-issued digital currency, called a ‘central bank digital currency’ (CBDC),” among those with an opinion on the matter over twice as many — 34 percent of poll participants — oppose…