With the Paris Olympics heralding urban exclusion and a hike in surveillance, disruption and protests mark the passage of the Olympic flame through France
Paris Olympics protests: “A concrete mixer for tourists and speculation”
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“Technocrat” or far-right spymaster?
Netherlands: New prime minister Dick Schoof is former intelligence chief who illegally spied on citizens and remains vague about democracy’s red lines
Blocking the Internet during revolt: Kanaky and the suburbs as laboratories
A method once reserved for authoritarian regimes or periods of war is now being implemented by the French government in New Caledonia
Stamped on a human facial recognition database, forever
Rob Ray writes on proposals to roll out facial recognition cameras across Britain, alongside the bringing of passport photos into police databases.
Legal: Can I hide my face from facial recognition cameras?
Last Friday the Metropolitan police announced they would begin operational deployment of live facial recognition cameras. But do we have to comply with their use? Carl Spender is here with the answers. Widespread police deployment of facial recognition cameras has been in the offing for a while now. Last year there were trials of automated
Top London mayoral candidates cut liberty for expediency as they back Met facial recognition plans
Despite a deeply mixed public reaction to the idea of the Metropolitan Police introducing intrusive surveillance technology city-wide Labour, the Tories and media darling Rory Stewart have all jumped on the chance to look tough on crime at the expense of civil freedoms. In an interview today Stewart joined Sadiq Khan and Tory barely-known Shaun
Police ‘extremism database’ ruled illegal by human rights court
Campaigners have welcomed today’s victory by veteran peace campaigner John Catt against the misuse of personal data collected via police surveillance. John, who is well known for his work with groups such as Smash Edo, has spent eight years on the case, taking it all the way to the European Court of Human Rights which
Why covering your face at a protest is the right thing to do
Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) co-ordinator Kevin Blowe explains why the organisation encourages activists to mask up. In June 2015 Netpol launched a campaign to try to encourage activists to start covering their faces when taking part in demonstrations and marches. We saw this initiative as one of the few remaining ways of resisting the
Avoiding Police Facilitation – promoting state unsanctioned protests
Police forces are big fans of peaceful protests. That is, protests that are led by organisers who do what they’re told, who stick to a pre agreed route and work with police liaison officers to identify those engaging in behaviour deemed unacceptable by the state. Needless to say the police version of protests are only
Lambert’s resignations are welcome news, but this is not the end
Former police spy and Special Demonstration Squad officer Bob Lambert has recently resigned from his positions at University of St Andrews and London Metropolitan University. Lambert lectured in counter-terrorism at the universities and was formerly employed to gather intelligence and provoke activities within the animal rights and environmentalist movements during the 1980s. In addition, he
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Racist ‘justice’ and the death penalty
The execution of Marcellus Williams is a shocking example of power dictating its fatal whims to those society deems lesser ~ Daniel Adediran ~ The case against Marcellus Khalifa Williams, given his last meal and executed in Missouri on September 25, was riddled with miscarriages of justice, including a complete lack of DNA evidence, two
Labour freebies scandal: The system itself is corrupt
Beneath the surface of electoral change, political parties are entrenched in a system of corruption and unprincipled manoeuvring ~ Mark McEwan ~ The transition from Tory to Labour might provide a momentary sigh of relief, but corruption courses through the veins of our political system.
