London
Britain Decides Viral Protest Clips Need Prosecutors
Your chant at a march is now judged not by the crowd around you but by how a stranger might feel watching a clip of it online.
“Nothing to Fear” Is Back: The UK High Court Clears Way for Police Facial Recognition
The policy that turns every Oxford Street shopper into a biometric template just got the judicial nod its architects were waiting for.
The Cameras Were the Goal Not the Solution
London’s clean-air campaign was surveillance infrastructure from the moment the cameras switched on.
London is the Testing Lab for Big Brother Mass Facial Scanning Tech
The Met’s facial recognition push is less about precision than about normalizing a future where being watched is just part of walking down the street.
MembersAcquisition of AI Surveillance Firm Signals Major Expansion of Real-Time City-Wide Monitoring
A greater access to resources means a faster rollout of controversial surveillance technology in major cities.
Londoners push back against invasive traffic CCTV designed to enforce “low emission zones”
The cameras are being covered up and even vandalized.
Researchers develop AI for monitoring real-time behavior of citizens in cities
Monitoring behaviors.
Oversight Board tells Meta to stop complying with police requests to censor rap music
Meta gives a heavy weight to police requests, even when it’s to stifle creative expression.
Mike Pompeo is served with lawsuit alleging Fourth Amendment violations for spying on journalists
The former CIA director has been accused of spying on reporters covering Julian Assange.
London Police to rollout “Retrospective Facial Recognition,” scanning old footage with new invasive face recognition tech
One of the most surveilled cities in the world is increasing its surveillance.
Collabio Spaces is a non-Google Docs document collaboration tool
A new challenger to the Google giant.