https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📝" title="Memo" aria-label="Emoji: Memo">Today we release a paper warning about the exploitation of the #COVIDー19 pandemic to build on existing counter terrorism infrastructure to further infiltrate public health and private life.
#StayAlert #StayHome https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> #Coronavirus #COVID19

Here are the key points [https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">thread]:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> The counter-terror sector is weaving its toxic policies into the realm of public health, deeply tying #data control, #surveillance and security to the public sector;

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> Aspects of a proposed centralised contact tracing system will be outsourced to known rights abusers, such as Serco, G4S, and Palantir;
#NHSX

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">PREVENT purveyors seeking to embed & #39;Counter Extremism& #39; policy into the home, and extend online #surveillance to close down #digital spaces of organising;
#EndPREVENT

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">Broadening the " #extremism" net by criminalising "conspiracy theories" as a new kind of illegal discourse, to silence criticism of the government.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✊" title="Raised fist" aria-label="Emoji: Raised fist">Concerned people and groups must resist this together. CAGE continue to guard the rights of communities and all those impacted by security abuse.

CAGE Briefing: PREVENT and The Security industry exploiting #COVID19 #pandemic to build a #Surveillance State https://www.cage.ngo/cage-briefing-prevent-and-the-security-industry-exploiting-covid-pandemic-to-build-a-surveillance-state">https://www.cage.ngo/cage-brie...

[DOWNLOAD] Exploiting a Pandemic – The Security Industry’s Race to Infiltrate Public Health: CAGE Briefing Paper https://www.cage.ngo/exploiting-a-pandemic-the-security-industrys-race-to-infiltrate-public-health-cage-briefing-paper">https://www.cage.ngo/exploitin...