Surveillance
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A Turkish-style Cambridge-Analytica Scandal: Bulk reach into the digital presence of Turkish citizens
Cambridge Analytica, a former British political consulting firm, illegally acquired personal data about Facebook users starting from 2013 and exploited them for…
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Biden makes NATO look weak with arms sales to Turkey
President Biden reversed course last week, backing the sale of upgraded F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. David L. Phillips The Washington Times U.S.…
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Home Office illegally seized phones of 2,000 asylum seekers, court rules
The Home Office operated an unlawful, secret, blanket policy to seize almost 2,000 mobile phones from asylum seekers arriving in the UK…
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Baltic states step up in arming Ukraine against potential Russian incursion
Latvia and Lithuania confirmed Friday they will send Stinger ground-to-air missiles to Ukraine, adding a major new capability to Kyiv’s…
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J. Edgar Hoover’s Legacy: Spying On Democracy
In 2021, FBI agents, dressed in plainclothes, were embedded in Portland’s racial justice protests. Melvin A. Goodman CounterPunch Agents alerted…
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Israeli firm’s spyware linked to attacks on websites in UK and Middle East
Researchers have found new evidence that suggests spyware made by an Israeli company that was recently blacklisted in the US…
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Manal Al-Sharif: Australia’s new surveillance laws remind me of home
Cyber security expert and human rights luminary Manal Al-Sharif reports on the dangers of the new surveillance laws. Michael West…
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AI in the sky
Music geeks have settled on the likelihood that Parsons’ co-writer Eric Woolfson, a keen gambler who spent a lot of…
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Why human rights groups are concerned about Australia’s online surveillance bill
Here’s a look at what the bill is, who it would directly affect and why it is triggering concerns. Marcus…
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Advances in facial recognition technology could amplify the persecution of minorities, AI experts warn
Artificial intelligence experts have warned that as facial recognition technology continues to advance, minorities will face further targeting and persecution…
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French politicians urge deployment of surveillance technology after series of attacks
France has so far resisted a broad rollout of surveillance technology in public spaces. Nicholas Vinocur Politico That could be…
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Eyes on the world – drones change our point of view and our truths
Even more profoundly, drones have transformed how we witness the world: how we decide the events that matter and create…
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‘No justification’: Anger over mobile surveillance units at public parks
One of the units has been based at Victoria Gardens in Prahran for the past few days, but has also…
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EU court ruling strikes hammer blow to transatlantic data flows
Europe’s top court handed down a searing verdict on U.S. surveillance powers on Thursday, ruling for the second time that…
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Large-scale facial recognition is incompatible with a free society
Some progressive cities have banned some uses of the technology. Authors The Conversation Three tech companies have pulled facial recognition…
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Europeans ‘regret’ US plan to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
PARIS — Ten European signatories of the Open Skies Treaty, including France and Germany, expressed regret Friday over the Trump…
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