#Surveillance

A lot of people who are into cryptocurrencies will see this FinCen leak as vindication and proof that banks are money launderers. But, this will be used against cryptocurrencies...1/ See
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I donโ€™t understand what this Apple and Google partnership means exactly but it sure seems like they have solved the problem of phone tracking without mass government surveillance. Quite a
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a simple, superficial and ultimately brief thread on this last day of my mandate as @UN special rapporteur on freedom of opinion & expression. pls read this first, the touchstone
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Today we sent a legal notice to BECIL against a tender for procurement of fact verification and disinformation detection tools which will lead to mass surveillance of social media users.
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In 2012, Burrell Ramsey-White was killed by Boston Police officer Mathew Pieroway. I bring this up a lot in hopes that someone who didn't know Burrell (I was his 9th
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I'm writing a deeper dive but here is the shocking number that should be headline news: 97.9%97.9% decrease of confirmed flu cases to WHO FluNet/GISRS from weeks 15 through 40
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On the very long list of striking things in reporting this: The government identifies March 13 as the start of the disaster. March 14 was the date all visits were
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BREAKING: B.1.617.2 #Covid19 variant first detected in India is now in South Africa. Department of Health announces 4 cases have been identified. Network for Genomic Surveillance in SA has confirmed
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Fantastic work! Off to explore details #FacialRecognition #HumanRights #Privacy https://twitter.com/libertyhq/status/1293111391109500928 Detailshttps://twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1293126985334521857?s=20 These are not new concerns about
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1/Recent updates on Routine Surveillance (RS) are really unsettling. @DSD_GHS really ought to clarify what's going on with reporting of daily new cases. The May 21 update makes it critically
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Assume Aaron has not seen the FBI warnings about the Chinese Communist Party placing students in our STEM programs. The tech secrets they take back to China enhances their totalitarian
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To fight the coronavirus China is undertaking its biggest experiment yet in rule by data: an app that automates quarantines. Alibaba software, using unexplained data, now decides whether millions can
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We know that weight loss programs as public health initiatives are neither successful nor evidence based. #betterhealthukSo what does helpful public health policy look like? a summary of recommendations from
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Longer analysis coming when @EU_Commission publishes the final version of the AI proposal later today, but already want to flag issues with the treatment of 'biometric categorisation systems'Current definition is:
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Governments are pondering if apps can help them perform contact tracing for COVID-19 infected people. The "why" of this is explained very well here: 1/16https://twitter.com/marcelsalathe/status/1246352102059847680 Some countries just track
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I cannot stop thinking about the #NDIS changes and what they mean.In plain language, the NDIS is becoming like Centrelink. They are saying to participants: (1/4) 1. We will give
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