mass surveillance
Harvard and Arizona Law Professors Lay Out the Case for Online “Speech Control”
“Significant monitoring and speech control are inevitable components of a mature and flourishing internet, and governments must play a large role in these practices to ensure that the internet is compatible with a society’s norms and values.”
ToTok App Removed From App Stores After Accusations of Being Front for UAE Mass Surveillance
Reports call the app a “spy tool”.
AG William Barr Makes His Case for a Domestic Surveillance System to Tackle “Potential Mass Shootings”
The memorandum also reveals that the US now plans to put to use domestically its post 9/11 anti-terrorism experience, in the past applied in other countries.
New Republican Bill Thinks Minority Report Style Mass School Surveillance Will Cut School Shootings
To date, there has been no documented evidence that this level of mass surveillance actually prevents any harm.
South African Government Admits Conducting Mass Surveillance on All Communications
The surveillance was supposedly designed to cover information about organized crime and acts of terrorism.
Google Increases Its Ties With Egypt’s Oppressive Rulers
Google office will reopen this September, with a focus on customer sales.
Senator Wyden Calls for US Wireless Carriers to Stop Helping Government Spy on Its Own Citizens
Section 215 of the Patriot Act is going to expire at the end of this year. Wyden underlined the importance of civic participation, by contacting their senators through mails and calls to ask them not to renew section 215.
Edward Snowden Book to Be Published in September
The whistleblower and privacy campaigner has written a memoir.
Court Rules UK’s Invasive Mass Surveillance Program Is Not a Breach of Human Rights
Apparently, bulk data collection of all citizens is perfectly fine.
US Tech Companies With Ties to Google Are Helping Middle East Dictators, Report Suggests
The report suggests that US surveillance tech is being put to bad use in the Middle East and North Africa.
China: Mobile App Sucks Up Data From Citizens in the Xinjiang Region – Apps, Religious Beliefs, VPN Access and More
Everyone’s behavior is under a microscope.