カテゴリー: Surveillance
Coronavirus tracking measures handing ‘unchecked powers’ to authoritarian regimes, activists warn Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDraconian surveillance measures introduced during the Covid-19 epidemic are handing “unchecked…
Hikvision’s surveillance tech has also been installed in leisure centres in LondonSurveillance cameras made by Hikvision, the Chinese company that has been implicated in grave human rights violations and has been blacklisted by the US government, are b…
State-built Aarogya Setu has had record downloads but critics warn of civil liberties implicationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNarendra Modi’s request was simple: to help combat the spread of coronavirus, people should do…
Mass internment camps did not begin or end with the Nazis – today they are everywhere from China to Europe to the US. How can we stop their spread? By Daniel TrillingAt the start of the 21st century, the following things did not exist. In the US, a lar…
Measure to use counterterrorism technology passed by cabinet, leading to outcry over privacyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIsrael’s government has approved emergency measures to track people suspected or confirmed to have b…
Facial recognition firm SenseTime discussed use of AI in universities with governmentA government trade minister held a one-on-one meeting with a facial recognition firm accused of enabling the Chinese government’s campaign of persecution against Uighu…
How China uses technology to push its campaign against Muslim minorities beyond its own bordersThe Chinese government used technology to expand its campaign against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities far beyond the country’s own borders, a rare leak f…
How China uses technology to push its campaign against Muslim minorities beyond its own bordersThe Chinese government used technology to expand its campaign against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities far beyond the country’s own borders, a rare leak f…
These were the words of China’s ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, after he was asked about a chain of detention camps holding more than a million people from the country’s Muslim minority population in Xinjiang. The footage, due to be broadcast …
These were the words of China’s ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, after he was asked about a chain of detention camps holding more than a million people from the country’s Muslim minority population in Xinjiang. The footage, due to be broadcast …
Activists targeted several ‘smart’ lamp-posts equipped with sensors, cameras and data networks in anti-surveillance protests over the weekend. Protesters, many of whom disguised their identities with masks and umbrellas, fear the devices can be used by…
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communicationsBritish, American and other intelligence agencies from English-speaking countries have concluded a two-day meeting in London amid calls for spies and police officers to be given spec…
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communicationsBritish, American and other intelligence agencies from English-speaking countries have concluded a two-day meeting in London amid calls for spies and police officers to be given spec…