Small Country, Big Brother

I published on the magazine Area, in Italian, a few articles on surveillance and digital security, self-defense. The rather depressing occasion for some of these publications were two major changes in the Swiss legislation that effectively make of such a tiny country a comfortable home for Big Brother.

Oltre la curva

I went after one question: is that really true, that hooliganism is a problem in Switzerland? A sad story about lies, media manipulation and fan culture in a long feature investigative documentary. Negli ultimi anni, gli “hooligans” hanno conquistato le prime pagine dei giornali svizzeri. Ma è davvero un fenomeno in aumento? L’inchiesta di Falò, realizzata fra Ticino, Basilea, San Gallo, Berna e Zurigo, raccoglie i dubbi degli esperti e dà la parola ai protagonisti. Dai tifosi alla polizia, passando per media, club e avvocati, questo documentario a tinte forti ci fa scoprire che la realtà degli stadi è complessa, ma non tutto è come viene dipinto dai resoconti dell’attualità. L’inchiesta prodotta dalla Televisione svizzera racconta l’incredibile bufala dei milioni di danneggiamenti che i tifosi provocherebbero ai treni delle Ferrovie: il portavoce smentisce le sue stesse dichiarazioni. E la polizia? Ha cercato di sequestrare la telecamera che ha realizzato questo documentario.

Una bufala bestiale

Summer 2005, Swiss countryside. A psychopath tortures cows, horses and pets. Police, psychiatrists and media underline the sexual background of the heinous actions and insist: he will soon do that to women, children. After a few months, a smart police chief found the truth: all animals had died of natural causes. The psychopath was just a phantom. My reportage in 2008 tracking back the protagonists of an awesome media hoax. Police refused to come on camera, but wrote me: our investigations are still going on. Come nasce, cresce e muore una bufala mediatica.

Tamiflu. A Drug for the Birds?

by Serena Tinari www.manifesto.it Published: March 8, 2006 The case of the well-known Tamiflu: serves only one purpose, to bring in profits to Roche. A powerful communication strategy and a massive psychosis helped the Swiss multinational sell an astronomic quantity of a drug that had a bad start, was essentially worthless and hardly ever tested for Read more about Tamiflu. A Drug for the Birds?[…]