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Online learning in Covid-19 means kids are surveilled more than ever

Caitlin Thompson — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 19:19:23 +0000

Surveillance of kids has skyrocketed. We take a look at the privacy implications of tracking technologies. If you’re a parent watching this and have privacy concerns, here are some tips on how to protect your data.

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Covid-19 is changing the way the world treats asylum seekers

Caitlin Thompson — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:54:09 +0000

Around the world, politicians are using the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse to intensify anti-immigrant policies and blaming refugees, migrants and asylum seekers for the spread of coronavirus. There is a history behind this. And a context. We explain it. Here's a deeper look at how politicians around the world are intensifying anti-migrant rhetoric during the pandemic. Surveillance of migrants in Europe was on the rise even before the pandemic. Here's some context.

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Inside an Amazon warehouse during Covid-19

Caitlin Thompson — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:54:01 +0000

Amazon warehouses around the U.S. are reporting cases of Covid-19. A worker at an Amazon warehouse in the Midwest describes the situation during coronavirus: “It’s getting bad.”

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On Sale in London: the Surveillance Systems Advancing Authoritarianism

Mariam Kiparoidze — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:47:26 +0000

Each year, 500 tech companies come to London to exhibit at a security fair called IFSEC. Some of them have deep ties to authoritarian practices.

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Recruited Into China’s Police State

Inge Snip — Sun, 12 May 2019 07:04:03 +0000

A young Uyghur woman tells the story of growing up with her brother, who is drafted into the police force in Xinjiang, China.

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A Woman’s Life Inside China’s Digital Gulag

Inge Snip — Sun, 12 May 2019 06:58:40 +0000

Gulbahar Jalilova, a citizen of Kazakhstan, spent fifteen months in one of China’s concentration camps for ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. She tells the story of life in Chinese detention and the women she met there.

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Surveillance. Privacy. Information. Control.

Admin — Wed, 01 May 2019 18:47:45 +0000

Surveillance, privacy, information, control: Coda Story’s new coverage topic provides global reporting on how governments abuse the power and potential of emerging technologies such as AI, facial recognition, digital tracking, and social media and will explore how these technologies are strengthening autocratic regimes and stifling dissent.

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