Surveillance
- Asia Pacific, Cambodia, China, Coronavirus outbreak, Drones (non-military), Global development, Human rights, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Surveillance, Thailand, World news
Drones, fever goggles, arrests: millions in Asia face ‘extreme’ Covid surveillance
Coronavirus tracking measures handing ‘unchecked powers’ to authoritarian regimes, activists warn Coronavirus …
- China, Coronavirus outbreak, Human rights, Local government, London, Privacy, Society, Surveillance, Uighurs, UK news, World news
Chinese cameras blacklisted by US being used in UK school toilets
Hikvision’s surveillance tech has also been installed in leisure centres in LondonSurveillance cameras made by…
- Apps, Civil liberties - international, Coronavirus outbreak, India, Infectious diseases, Narendra Modi, Privacy, South and Central Asia, Surveillance, Technology, World news
India’s Covid-19 app fuels worries over authoritarianism and surveillance
State-built Aarogya Setu has had record downloads but critics warn of civil liberties implicationsCoronavirus …
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‘It’s a place where they try to destroy you’: why concentration camps are still with us
Mass internment camps did not begin or end with the Nazis – today they are everywhere from China to Europe to …
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Israel to track mobile phones of suspected coronavirus cases
Measure to use counterterrorism technology passed by cabinet, leading to outcry over privacyCoronavirus – late…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus outbreak, Infectious diseases, Social media, Surveillance, Technology
‘The new normal’: China’s excessive coronavirus public monitoring could be here to stay
Experts say the coronavirus has given the Chinese government a pretence for accelerating the mass surveillance…
- China, Facial recognition, Higher education, Hong Kong, Politics, Surveillance, Uighurs, UK news, Universities, Xinjiang
UK trade minister met surveillance firm implicated in Uighur abuses
Facial recognition firm SenseTime discussed use of AI in universities with governmentA government trade minist…
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Revealed: power and reach of China’s surveillance dragnet
How China uses technology to push its campaign against Muslim minorities beyond its own bordersThe Chinese gov…
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Revealed: power and reach of China’s surveillance dragnet
How China uses technology to push its campaign against Muslim minorities beyond its own bordersThe Chinese gov…
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‘Don’t listen to fake news’: Chinese ambassador pressed over detention camps in Xinjiang – video
These were the words of China's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, after he was asked about a chain of d…
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China cables: Chinese ambassador says ‘don’t listen to fake news’ about Xinjiang camps – video
These were the words of China's ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, after he was asked about a chain of d…
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Hong Kong: anti-surveillance protesters tear down ‘smart’ lamp-post – video
Activists targeted several 'smart' lamp-posts equipped with sensors, cameras and data networks in anti-surveil…
- Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia news, Canada, GCHQ, New Zealand, Politics, Priti Patel, Surveillance, Technology, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, US news, WhatsApp, World news
Calls for backdoor access to WhatsApp as Five Eyes nations meet
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communicationsBritish, American and other intelligence…
- Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia news, Canada, GCHQ, New Zealand, Politics, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, US news, WhatsApp, World news
Calls for backdoor access to WhatsApp as Five Eyes nations meet
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communicationsBritish, American and other intelligence…