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- Elf on the Shelf Preps Children for the Surveillance State http://eagnews.org/prof-elf-on-the-shelf-conditions-kids-to-accept-surveillance-state/ 2 comments
- Marseille’s battle against the surveillance state https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/13/1053650/marseille-fight-surveillance-state/ 4 comments europe
- The Chinese surveillance state proves that the idea of privacy is more “malleable” than you’d expect https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/10/1060982/china-pandemic-cameras-surveillance-state-book/ 60 comments privacy
- ‘They Are Watching’: Inside Russia’s Vast Surveillance State https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/22/technology/russia-putin-surveillance-spying.html 14 comments privacy
- Europe’s state of mass surveillance https://www.politico.eu/article/data-retention-europe-mass-surveillance/ 11 comments europe
- ‘Dystopian world’: Singapore patrol robots stoke fears of surveillance state https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/06/dystopian-world-singapore-patrol-robots-stoke-fears-of-surveillance-state 43 comments worldnews
- United States of Surveillance https://theprivacyissue.com/government-surveillance/united-states-of-surveillance-us-history-spying 6 comments technology
- Zimbabwe Is Trying to Build a China Style Surveillance State https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59n753/zimbabwe-is-trying-to-build-a-china-style-surveillance-state 3 comments technology
- The UK is already a full surveillance state https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/05/facial-recognition-technology-hurtling-towards-surveillance-state 5 comments privacy
- Top Ten Abuses of Power Since 9/11, an article depicting the decline of our privacy and the rise of a surveillance state since the day of the terrorist attack. https://www.aclu.org/other/top-ten-abuses-power-911 123 comments privacy
- "The Police State with full Surveillance State capability is not coming; it is already here. And private citizens are purchasing and installing the apparatus used to build it." https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/33332-the-surveillance-state-is-here-and-now 145 comments privacy
- '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 16 comments technology
- '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
- UK is 'not a surveillance state' insists minister defending police face recog tech https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/03/facial_recognition_debate_westminster_hall/ 48 comments nottheonion
- Is India becoming surveillance state? https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/is-india-becoming-a-surveillance-state 8 comments india
- Surveillance state: NSW intensifies citizen tracking https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/surveillance-state-nsw-intensifies-citizen-tracking-20181019-p50atw.html 19 comments worldnews
- China's Surveillance State Should Scare Everyone https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/552203/ 21 comments politics
- This is how I went dark in Australia’s surveillance state for 2 years https://www.cnet.com/news/how-i-went-dark-in-australian-surveillance-state-for-two-years-with-opal/ 10 comments privacy
- Snooper's charter to extend police access to phone and internet data.The bill is designed to provide the first comprehensive legal framework for state surveillance powers anywhere in the world. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/01/snoopers-charter-to-extend-police-access-to-phone-and-internet-data 41 comments worldnews
- The Intercept has obtained a secret, internal U.S. government catalog of dozens of cellphone surveillance devices used by the military and intelligence agencies. The document also offers rare insight into the spying capabilities of federal law enforcement and local police inside the United States. https://theintercept.com/2015/12/17/a-secret-catalogue-of-government-gear-for-spying-on-your-cellphone/ 42 comments technology
- Great Britain is gradually building a surveillance state in bite-sized chunks http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/theresa-may-is-gradually-building-a-surveillance-state-in-bitesized-chunks-9884245.html 15 comments privacy
- FBI gags state and local police on capabilities of cellphone spy gear "The FBI letter.. told the Tacoma police chief that the FCC authorizes the sale of such surveillance equipment to state and local police departments on the condition that they first sign an FBI 'non-disclosure agreement.'" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/23/fbi-gags-state-and-local-police-on-capabilities-of-cellphone-spy-gear/?tid=rssfeed 7 comments technology
- Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/06/vodafone-reveals-secret-wires-allowing-state-surveillance 20 comments europe
- United States of Secrets: PBS Frontline documentary on the rise of domestic surveillance programs within the NSA post-9/11 http://video.pbs.org/video/2365245528 3 comments politics
- 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
- A 2014 study by the New America Foundation revealed that NSA surveillance programs played an initiating role in only 7.5% of the 225 cases of terrorism-related charges. Just eight cases could be linked to the NSA, and only one actually involved an operational plot to attack the United States. http://www.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/bergen_naf_nsa%20surveillance_1_0_0.pdf 4 comments politics
- My 2014 resolution: stop my country from becoming a surveillance state. This will be a vital year in the fight for privacy and an open internet. All Americans should join the cause before it's too late http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/05/new-years-resolution-stop-nsa-surveillance-state 3 comments privacy
- The real menace of a ubiquitous surveillance state: It breeds conformity; it breeds a kind of obedient citizenry, on both a societal and an individual level. That's why tyrannies love surveillance, but it's also why surveillance literally erodes a huge part of what it means to be a free individual http://digbysblog.blogspot.com.br/2013/12/why-privacy-power-of-mind-over-mind.html 4 comments germany
- The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/11/the-surveillance-state-puts-us-elections-at-risk-of-manipulation/281232/ 55 comments technology
- The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/11/the-surveillance-state-puts-us-elections-at-risk-of-manipulation/281232/ 5 comments technology
- NSA SPYING BROKE PRIVACY RULES MANY TIMES - Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by law and executive order. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/a/ap_us_nsa_surveillance?site=ap&section=home&template=default 3 comments politics
- Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Slams Surveillance State, Hails NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/21-5 7 comments technology
- The ACLU is petitioning Obama to repeal "the surveillance state sections of the Patriot Act and FISA." You can sign the petition here. https://www.aclu.org/secure/repeal-the-surveillance-state2 26 comments politics
- President Barack Obama on Friday staunchly defended the sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans' phone and internet activity, calling it a "modest encroachment" on privacy that was necessary to defend the United States from attack. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/08/us-usa-security-records-idusbre9560va20130608 302 comments politics
- Now we know for sure: The Obama administration has presided over the most thorough expansion of the domestic surveillance state of any U.S. presidency. The program is code-named PRISM, and the Post reports that it has experienced “exponential growth” under Obama. http://www.alternet.org/surveillance-facebook-google?utm_source=feedly 7 comments politics
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Wants To Double Its Domestic Drone Fleet "for surveillance missions inside the United States." http://www.businessinsider.com/government-domestic-drone-fleet-2012-11 6 comments politics
- Surveillance State evils - 35 years ago, a leading liberal Senator issued a grave warning about allowing the NSA to spy domestically http://www.salon.com/2012/04/21/e_2/ 4 comments privacy
- Congestion Pricing: The Road to the Surveillance State http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=8226 3 comments politics
- Stasi files: scanner struggles to stitch together surveillance state scraps. Machine tasked with digitally reassembling torn-up East German secret police documents runs into trouble. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/03/stasi-files-east-germany-archivists-losing-hope-solving-worlds-biggest-puzzle 3 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