Allowing Chinese surveillance companies to operate in the UK is akin to installing “digital asbestos” that puts civil liberties at risk, warned the government’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Fraser Sampson, who is reviewing the country’s human rights and security issues. Sampson said on Tuesday that allowing China’s controversial CCTV makers and operators Hikvision and Dahua to…
Using Chinese Surveillance Companies Akin to Handling ‘Digital Asbestos,’ UK Government Adviser Warns
June 16, 2022
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China Suppresses Dissidents as Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary Approaches
The communist regime tightens its suppression of Chinese activists every year as June 4 approaches. This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre that occurred on June 4, 1989. The Chinese edition of The Epoch Times tried to contact several activists in China. Some of them are on “a trip,” some are…
WHO Asks Countries to Increase Surveillance for Monkeypox
About 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been detected so far outside of the countries where it usually spreads, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday, urging countries to increase surveillance for the infectious disease. Monkeypox, a mild viral infection, is endemic in the African countries of Cameroon,…
UK Government-Recommended Online Learning Tool Used During Lockdown Harvested Children’s Data
Data from thousands of children was harvested during the pandemic by a government-recommended online learning tool without parent’s knowledge, according to a joint investigation involving Human Rights Watch (HRW) and The Telegraph. The Telegraph reported that Edpuzzle, a Department for Education (DfE) recommended company that provides interactive video lessons aimed at children as young as…
Will the WHO Use Monkeypox to Push Vaccine Passports and Global Surveillance?
Commentary The threat posed by monkeypox is real, very real. Or is it? According to Dr. Robert Malone, not really. But you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. The way in which the virus is being covered, Malone recently noted, “provides a classical example of public health fearporn.” CNN, one of the many outlets breathlessly covering the…
The Digital Panopticon
Commentary Vice has broken the story that during the previous two years, as the headline announced, “The CDC tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders.” According to documents obtained by Motherboard, the CDC used phone location data to monitor schools and churches, and wanted to use the data for applications beyond covid: “The…
The CDC Surveilled for Lockdown Compliance
Commentary Amissing piece of the great lockdown plot was enforcement. How precisely were authorities going to know the whereabouts of hundreds of millions of people without a veritable army of snoops? Yes, there were some arrests and media reports and some private drones flying here and there to snap pictures of house parties to send…
FBI Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Data Doubled From 2020 to 2021: ODNI
The number of searches conducted by the FBI of Americans’ communications doubled from 2020 to 2021, according to a report released April 29 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The ODNI report details U.S. intelligence agencies’ use of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which authorizes the warrantless surveillance…
Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit in 2 National Security-Related Cases
The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration last week, upholding the longstanding state-secrets evidentiary privilege that prevents the disclosure of information deemed injurious to national security. In both cases, the high court reversed decisions of the often-overturned U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Specifically, the Supreme Court blocked testimony by U.S. government…
As China’s Trial of Digital Yuan at Olympics Ends, Experts Warn of Dangers of Digital Currency
February 24, 2022
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As China’s debut of its digital currency draws to a close in tandem with the 2022 Winter Olympics, the regime’s crypto ambitions remain in place. Experts warned of the Chinese Communist Party’s centralized control, both at home and abroad. A digital currency will empower the regime’s control over its populace, especially dissenters, as all future…
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