contact tracing
UK’s New Pandemic Plan Would Turn Big Tech Into a Mass Location Tracking Network
UK’s £1B pandemic strategy proposes UKHSA contact tracing system using big tech location data, targeting 2030 deployment.
“I Hope That We Succeed,” Man Suing Massachusetts Health Department For Silently Installing Covid Tracking App On His Phone Speaks Out
Massachusetts is trying to get the lawsuit dismissed.
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BBC employees revolt against electronic “social distancing” tags
The tags are invasive and some have allegedly started burning.
UK’s NHS tried to push an app update the would start tracking users’ location
Apple and Google blocked it.
Singapore confirms that police can access coronavirus contact tracing data
The government previously claimed the data would “never be accessed, unless the user tests positive for COVID-19 and is contacted by the contact tracing team.”
Israel’s coronavirus surveillance is pushing limits
Anti-terror surveillance measures are being used to track people.
2020 year in review: an unprecedented year of Big Tech censorship and surveillance
The coronavirus and the US presidential election were some of the many events that ushered in a never-before-seen wave of social media censorship and surveillance.