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What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant
Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective way to engage in warrantless surveillance of individuals, groups and places: a pay-for-access web tool called Fog Reveal.
The tool enables law enforcement officers to see “patterns of life” – where and when people work and […]
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10, 2022
Mercola: Technocracy’s Digital Dictatorship Is Ever So Close
Posted By: Joseph Mercola October 19, 2022
Private companies that harvest unimaginable amounts of data from the Internet, sell that data to governments who in turn use it to spy on citizens. External data is not enough, however, […]
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10, 2022
The rise of India’s dystopian surveillance state
With protests under constant surveillance, Modi’s massive facial recognition system is making it easier to crack down on minorities and political opponents.
A few months after Narendra Modi was re-elected in 2019, India’s Parliament passed a discriminatory bill extending citizenship to refugees from six religious minority communities, except for Muslims […]
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10, 2022
Wollongong’s Blue Mile has the smarts – thanks to a new tech trial
Using artificial intelligence to understand how our community use the area along the Blue Mile might sound like something from a science fiction novel.
But it’s real life – thanks to a smart video trial conducted by Telstra, in collaboration with Council, […]
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10, 2022
Pollies’ Reputation Excuse for Closed Door NACC Proceedings Is Bollocks
The major gripe when ex-attorney general Christian Porter released his national integrity commission legislation in November 2020, almost two years after Scott Morrison promised it, was that when it came to politicians, the proceedings were going to be closed door.
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10, 2022
Perrottet Has Passed a Swag of Police State Laws, Just Prior to Likely Election Loss
“The Coalition’s reckless arbitrary intervention and law and order agenda is burning bright” commented Greens MLC Sue Higginson, as the NSW Liberal Nationals rammed through what must have been a record number of police empowering bills in just two sitting days last week.
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10, 2022
Australia’s politically driven Covid lockdown rules found to have lacked fairness and compassion
Review led by Peter Shergold finds some lockdowns and border closures were not necessary and schools should have remained open
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10, 2022
Fault Lines: an independent review into Australia’s response to COVID-19
Fault lines: An independent review into Australia’s response to COVID-19’, is the first independent review of Australia’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The review has found that key groups were excluded from financial support, some lockdowns and border closures were avoidable and schools should have remained open. It sounds a warning to governments […]
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10, 2022
Workplace safety scandal: auditor-general launches six-month investigation into failings
The state’s workplace safety regulator, SafeWork NSW, will face a six-month investigation amid allegations it failed to protect workers from serious injuries and death, and its inspectors were subjected to political interference.
The Sydney Morning Herald can reveal the NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford will conduct a performance audit into SafeWork […]