Staff / TruthdigJul 23, 2016
Nice authorities believe CCTV footage could yield information in the July 14 incident that killed more than 80 people, but the Paris prosecutor’s office wants the images destroyed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 18, 2015
If the thought of hidden cameras in the office and employee activity-monitoring software weren't dystopian enough, digital Big Brother is now expanding into the world of workplace biosurveillance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 21, 2012
China’s state television network broadcast the anti-authoritarian movie that has become a symbol in the West of anarchic uprising against oppressive or totalitarian governments. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 1, 2012
Anna Minton took a tour of an East London housing estate that received a Secured by Design award for its “small windows, reinforced steel doors and grey, aluminium, military-style roofs. The overall effect,” she says of results that will be published in a forthcoming report, “was oppressive.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 9, 2012
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Wednesday revealed that for the last six months the city has been monitoring its residents via a network of roughly 3,000 closed circuit television cameras that feed into NYPD headquarters. The technology is termed the “Domain Awareness System.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 5, 2009
With 4.2 million surveillance cameras in Britain and not enough people to observe them all, a company called Internet Eyes has come up with a solution: reward volunteer "spies" with cash prizes to watch streaming camera footage and blow the whistle on evildoers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 5, 2007
Street surveillance is taking an alarming turn for the interactive in England. As part of a government plan to target "antisocial" behavior and petty crime, closed-circuit television cameras will be installed around the country with the capacity to talk back to people engaging in unseemly acts in public places. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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