Is the government tracking our cell phones?
Both Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor John Tory admitted to obtaining cell phone data to track people during the pandemic, raising ethical and legal questions
Edward Snowden and Naomi Klein Discuss The Creeping Surveillance State | Surveillance Pandemic
Skip to 11:13 to catch the beginning of the event: Spy planes, helicopters, and drones surveilled hundreds of thousands of Americans as they took to the streets to protest police brutality and the killing of George Floyd. Meanwhile, a series of surveillance startups are using the coronavirus pandemic to track people, analyze outbreaks, and otherwise […]
Ontario to invest in wearable contact-tracing technology to protect workers from COVID-19
The project is supposed to help more jobs in Ontario
Canadian Privacy authorities ruled Clearview AI surveillance of Canadians illegal
Clearview AI’s technology allowed law enforcement and commercial organizations to match photographs of unknown people against the company’s databank of more than 3 billion images, including of Canadians and children, for investigation purposes.
Newly established Facebook Oversight Board overturns 4 of 5 items in its first decision
“Today’s decisions and future decisions made by the board are binding on Facebook, and we will restore or remove content based on their determination,” said Monica Bickert.
