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- Senate passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after midnight https://apnews.com/article/fisa-donald-trump-surveillance-congress-johnson-81e991c9f82e77b2fe13f8a3e0e25349 218 comments
- The Age of Mass Surveillance Will Not Last Forever https://www.wired.com/story/the-age-of-mass-surveillance-will-not-last-forever/ 88 comments
- Paris Olympics 2024: Testing on algorithmic video surveillance of the Games begins https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2024/03/03/paris-olympics-2024-testing-on-algorithmic-video-surveillance-of-the-games-begins_6580505_13.html 14 comments technology
- Controversial Surveillance Law Up for Renewal (Again) in April https://reason.com/2024/01/31/controversial-surveillance-law-up-for-renewal-again-in-april/ 3 comments privacy
- Chinese surveillance balloon used American technology https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chinese-surveillance-balloon-used-american-technology-rcna91961 26 comments worldnews
- Progressive Lawmakers Mark 9/11 With Calls to 'Do Better and Learn From Our Mistakes' — "We must end endless wars, close Guantánamo, and abandon unconstitutional surveillance and discriminatory policy," said the Congressional Progressive Caucus. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/11/progressive-lawmakers-mark-911-calls-do-better-and-learn-our-mistakes 6 comments politics
- Europe’s state of mass surveillance https://www.politico.eu/article/data-retention-europe-mass-surveillance/ 11 comments europe
- Key Democrat warns of major security risk if US firm acquires NSO hacking code. Ron Wyden says White House right to raise doubts about possible deal for contractor L3Harris to take over surveillance technology. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/16/ron-wyden-democrat-nso-group-technology 10 comments privacy
- Surveillance footage shows the moment Russian rockets hit a Ukrainian amusement park https://www.businessinsider.com/video-shows-moment-russian-rockets-hit-ukrainian-amusement-park-2022-5 4 comments politics
- Surveillance footage shows the moment Russian rockets hit a Ukrainian amusement park https://www.businessinsider.com/video-shows-moment-russian-rockets-hit-ukrainian-amusement-park-2022-5 12 comments worldnews
- [Renck] Why did Goodell ignore Broncos’ pleas to move Saints game last season? Surveillance video from Denver’s facility showed QBs had tried to fool system. They had removed their contact-tracing devices and put them in four corners of meeting room, then they sat together to watch film. https://twitter.com/troyrenck/status/1435232373017251841?s=21 1112 comments nfl
- A Home Security Worker Hacked Into Surveillance Systems to Watch People Have Sex https://gizmodo.com/a-home-security-worker-hacked-into-surveillance-systems-1846111569 7 comments privacy
- Secret Amazon Reports Expose the Company’s Surveillance of Labor and Environmental Groups - VICE https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements? 3 comments technology
- "It’s hilarious, students pretending to care where their data goes." - says CEO of Proctorio, an exam surveillance company https://techround.co.uk/tech/american-remote-invigilation-software-uk-exams-proctorio// 202 comments technology
- U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in Over 15 Cities Using Aerial Surveillance https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/politics/george-floyd-protests-surveillance.html 19 comments politics
- 'A Dystopian Surveillance State Being Built in Plain Sight': Pentagon Tests Radar-Equipped Balloons to Spy on Vehicles Across Midwest https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/02/dystopian-surveillance-state-being-built-plain-sight-pentagon-tests-radar-equipped 20 comments politics
- Here's The Most Complete Map So Far Of Amazon's Ring Camera Surveillance Partnerships With Local Police https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/a-new-map-shows-all-the-places-where-police-have-partnered 3 comments politics
- A secret TSA surveillance program targets ordinary Americans https://www.axios.com/secret-tsa-surveillance-program-quiet-skies-air-marshals-7a2cf0e2-bf13-4de3-8c85-9aeb578dc74b.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic 34 comments worldnews
- Protesters outside Mandalay Bay demand 1 October surveillance footage https://www.ktnv.com/news/protesters-outside-mandalay-bay-demand-1-october-surveillance-footage 4 comments politics
- Trump undercuts White House stance hours before critical surveillance vote https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/11/trump-surveillance-fisa-vote-279321 13 comments politics
- Oh, Sure, Suddenly Now The House Intelligence Boss Is Concerned About Surveillance... Of Mike Flynn https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170215/01080436715/sure-suddenly-now-house-intelligence-boss-is-concerned-about-surveillance-mike-flynn.shtml 3 comments politics
- Tech employees vow not to help Trump surveil Muslims, deport immigrants http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance-iduskbn1422kt?feedtype=rss&feedname=newsone&google_editors_picks=true 28 comments politics
- Reddit deletes surveillance 'warrant canary' in transparency report http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-reddit-iduskcn0wx2yf 4 comments technology
- Jeb Bush Praises Obama’s Expansion of NSA Surveillance https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/21/jeb-bush-praises-obamas-expansion-nsa-surveillance/ 3 comments politics
- GCHQ mass internet surveillance was unlawful, rules UK's most secretive court. Access to intercepted information obtained by the NSA breached human rights laws, according to the Investigative Powers Tribunal http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/06/gchq-mass-internet-surveillance-unlawful-court-nsa 122 comments worldnews
- A bill introduced this week in the Minnesota Senate would prohibit a federal-local surveillance collaboration that the NSA’s former chief technical director called the “biggest threat since the civil war.” http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2015/01/minnesota-bill-would-ban-nsa-activity-called-the-biggest-threat-since-the-civil-war/ 7 comments politics
- Surveillance video captures moment armed men seize Crimea government building | Video http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/03/01/surveillance-video-captures-moment-armed?amp%3BvideoChannel=2602&videoId=285214917 8 comments worldnews
- Wash. State Legislation Ending Illegal Drone Surveillance Gains Bipartisan Support http://www.storyleak.com/wash-state-legislation-stops-illegal-drone-spying-gains-bipartisan-support/ 12 comments politics
- Google's Eric Schmidt calls surveillance a "luxury problem", denies knowledge of NSA tapping of firm http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/21/google-eric-schmidt-nsa-tapping-knowledge 60 comments worldnews
- David Miranda And The Preclusion Of Privacy: "The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication. Think that's too strong a statement? If so, you're not paying attention." http://barryeisler.blogspot.com/2013/08/david-miranda-and-preclusion-of-privacy.html 74 comments politics
- House Passes 2014 NDAA; NSA Surveillance Will Lead to Indefinite Detention http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/15829-house-passes-14-ndaa-nsa-surveillance-will-lead-to-indefinite-detention 37 comments politics
- Sean Hannity on NSA surveillance: 2006 vs. 2013 http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/06/12/sean-hannity-on-nsa-surveillance-then-and-now/194437 8 comments politics
- The CIA wants to spy on you through your TV: Agency director says it will 'transform' surveillance http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2115871/the-cia-wants-spy-tv-agency-director-says-net-connected-gadgets-transform-surveillance.html&update=true 31 comments technology
- Obama Defends NSA Programs, Says Congress Knew About Surveillance http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/obama-nsa_n_3403389.html 3 comments politics
- NSA's Verizon surveillance: how the White House tramples our constitution | Rand Paul http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/07/nsa-verizon-surveillance-constitution 12 comments politics
- Internet Surveillance and Free Speech: the UN Makes the Connection -- "Communications surveillance should be regarded as a highly intrusive act that potentially interferes with the rights to freedom of expression and privacy and threatens the foundations of a democratic society" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/internet-and-surveillance-un-makes-the-connection 5 comments technology
- President Foreshadows New Internet Surveillance Proposal During National Security Speech https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/president-hints-new-surveillance-powers-during-speech-tell-white-house-protect 9 comments technology
- Massive new surveillance program will store data on innocent U.S. citizens for up to five years, using “predictive pattern-matching,” to analyze for suspicious behavior; will also share info with foreign gov'ts. It represents a “sea change in the way that the gov't interacts with the general public” http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/12/13/national_counterterrorism_center_s_massive_new_surveillance_program_uncovered.html 5 comments politics
- US military developing insect surveillance drones http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/28/253223/us-developing-robot-mosquito-spy-drones/ 30 comments science
- Space Surveillance Radar Will Use Sun Java Real-Time System http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-04/sunflash.20080414.3.xml 7 comments programming