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This is madness: Surveillance and mutual care
Tag: surveillance
Repression is not defeated by ballots
Nearly all the tools for a police state are now in place, just waiting for the far right to take over ~ Rob Ray ~ Many people have heard of the “…
Ukraine: Big Brother in a warzone
The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have been highly technological, pushing surveillance to new heights ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ As the first bullets fly a…
A wall of electronic eyes replacing human feeling
We’re caught in a lose-lose situation in the modern media world: refusal lessens our reach, engaging sets us up as targets ~ Rob Ray ~ A couple o…
Freedom winter 2025-6: Watched, databased, yet to be controlled
Editorial from our new journal issue on Surveillance exploring states’ ambitions to constrain and refuse our freedom – and ways to fight ba…
Identity Cards? Again? Really?
It’s back, it has another excuse, and it’s still an extraordinarily bad idea ~ Rob Ray ~ In a very specific, eye-rolling-and-muttering-…
How the UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent management
Algorithms, facial recognition, and tightening protest laws signal a deepening surveillance state ~ Blade Runner ~ The UK is expanding its use of p…
Anarchism and the New Military Wave (pt. 2)
As Europe’s ruling class responds to the post-Pax Americana world with anguish and armaments, here are the opportunities and threats facing Briti…
Paris Olympics protests: “A concrete mixer for tourists and speculation”
With the Paris Olympics heralding urban exclusion and a hike in surveillance, disruption and protests mark the passage of the Olympic flame through…
“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.
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 T…
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 surv…
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