Surveillance

Explained: Review of UK’s counter-terror scheme raises eyebrows

UK’s official scheme to divert people from terrorism, Prevent, funded with 40m GBP ($48.3m), was reviewed by William Shawcross recently. His detractors say the review is far from independent and that it targets Muslim communities.

Greece top court prosecutor under opposition fire in surveillance scandal

Isidoros Dogiakos has been accused of acting as an "arm of the government" after he said that the country’s telecom watchdog, the Independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy, cannot probe wiretaps.

Greek PM used spy agency to wiretap generals, other key officials: report

Greece’s intelligence agency spied on top generals in the armed forces, lawmakers, businesspersons and journalists, reports a local Greek daily.

UK has a new tool to track people facing deportation

A new GPS-enabled fingerprint scanner will assist the UK’s Home Office to keep a tab on those facing deportation, much to the dismay of privacy campaigners.

Greek opposition mulls no-trust motion over wire-tapping scandal

A media report published at the weekend alleged that more than 30 politicians, journalists and business executives had been targeted by state surveillance.

'Suspicious activity reports’ led to racial profiling in Chicago

Reports for suspicious activity disproportionately targeted Muslims in Chicago, raising concerns about state surveillance, according to a city-based non-profit.

How a scarily accurate face recognition tool can cause privacy concerns

PimEyes allows the general public to enter the world of surveillance. But will it prove difficult to regulate?

What do we know about the world’s largest ‘facial network’?

We speak to Clearview AI's CEO and co-founder Hoan Ton-That about the privacy concerns revolving around the company's facial recognition technology.

Athletes warned about Chinese phone surveillance at Winter Olympics

Researchers at Citizen Lab warn that athletes attending the Winter Games may be subject to digital surveillance.

Pandemic protests proved people power

Despite the odds, millions of people around the world mobilised to demand more just, equal and sustainable societies during the pandemic.

Israel’s dystopian surveillance state targets Palestinians for ‘existing’

Recent reports of the Israeli army’s facial recognition program and the NSO Group’s hacking of activists highlights the ongoing digital repression meted out against Palestinians.

The role of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the Pegasus spyware saga

NSO Group’s surveillance software has been at the heart of Abu Dhabi and Riyadh’s digital crackdown on dissent at home and abroad.