The Cambridge City Council narrowly approved the Cambridge Police Department’s request to obtain two surveillance technologies amid fierce pushback from residents, but postponed voting on the purchase ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. American tech giants sold surveillance technology to China, enabling mass detention campaigns targeting hundreds ...

From self-service checkouts to public streets to stadiums—surveillance technology is everywhere. This pervasive monitoring is often justified in the name of safety and security. But our recent study, ...

Flock Safety is teaming up with Amazon's Ring Security to offer the public and law enforcement a new way to share video footage that can assist in crime investigations. It's the second recently ...

Underlying China’s turn towards digital governance practices is the notion of a scientific outlook on development (kexue fazhan guan), which presumes that digital tools can resolve social challenges ...

This article explains how new surveillance and biometric tech, like drones and facial recognition, challenge privacy rights. Courts are increasingly scrutinizing when warrants are needed, balancing ...

The digital age promised freedom, connection, and endless possibilities. Instead, it has delivered something far more sinister: a growing sense that someone is always watching. Surveillance fears are ...

Reports and other media articles over the past month detail the ways in which the technology and norms underpinning China’s surveillance industry are proliferating in other countries around the world.

“Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority,” wrote Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in a 1995 ruling affirming Americans’ constitutional right to engage in anonymous political ...

The Bulgarian government between 2018 and 2023 licensed exports of surveillance equipment to countries that were likely to ...