Visualizing the Virus
An international digital project led by Dr Sria Chatterjee and made possible by a grant from DARIAH EU and support from the Institute of Experimental Design and Media, FHNW. Princeton Center for Digital Humanities is a project partner. It is interdisciplinary and seeks to curate visualisations which spotlight on inequality. Topics include: how Covid policies effect […]
Google and Facebook and tracking.
A useful article with links to GPS data sources: How Facebook and Google Track Public’s Movement in Effort to Fight COVID-19
Surveillance Industry Index
Just launched by Privacy International and Transparency Toolkit this new tool aims to track the development of the global surveillance industry. It includes data and reports on leading companies worldwide, technologies and sales of surveillance products. Also published is a full text report tracing its history, spread and scope. This includes case studies on a […]
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: parliamentary report launched
Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill has just published a report with 86 recommendations on improving the clarity of the bill. The website has access to written and oral evidence presented. View the full text of the Bill and associated documents on the Home Office website Also released this week the Intelligence and […]
Media in the Age of Cybersurveillance
What is the nature, extent and impact of Internet surveillance on journalism? This question is considered in a new report Watching the watchdogs just released by CIMA (Center for International Media Assistance). It forms part of a wider campaign website which also has blog posts featuring case studies about individual journalists. It was published for […]
Online Privacy
Concerns about online privacy have surfaced in a number of key reports recently. Last week the Intelligence and Security Committee reviewed the extent of online surveillance by UK intelligence agencies. UNESCO recently released a draft of its Internet study on privacy, access to information, freedom of expression, and ethics. The British Library has published a […]
Surveillance Industry Index
Privacy International Launches Surveillance Industry Index/Database This database includes information provided by WikiLeaks and Omega Research Foundation. It covers over 300 vendors in over 30 nations worldwide. Find out what technologies companies have developed to survey personal data and in many cases who it has been sold to. Each entry has trade brochures and links […]
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