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"And one of the reasons it has so much effect is because it operates in private. It operates secretly, and many of us, including me on most issues at any given time, don’t know who’s pulling the strings and what’s going on." #NickyHager, 2026 https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/23-09-2026/nicky-hager-and-dirty-work-24-hours-on This is key. If you don't know *who* is telling you things, you don't know nearly as much about *why*. Maybe people who are paid to deliver political messaging need to be obliged to disclose that? (1/?) #PolicyNZ

A really radical digital policy would ban ownership of datacentres in Aotearoa by any company under the jurisdiction of a country with laws like the US Cloud Act; "... US authorities can access data physically held by them in New Zealand for a number of reasons, including for the prevention of terrorism and cybercrime. In theory, this sharing of data would be subject to appropriate safeguards: whether that is the case in practice remains to be seen." https://www.dentons.co.nz/en/insights/articles/2022/march/31/home-is-where-the-data-is-the-increasing-relevancy-of-data-sovereignty (1/?) #PolicyNZ