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Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

National Lester Kiewit - 26 Sep 2020

The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

Coronavirus Mandeep Tiwana & Marianna Belalba Barreto - 11 Jun 2020

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

Viral authoritarianism during the Covid-19 pandemic

Article Patrick Gaspard - 17 Apr 2020

Authoritarian leaders have often used natural disasters to tighten their grasp on power. We are seeing the same happen during the coronavirus crisis, in dictatorships and democracies alike

The pandemic is being used to erode democratic freedoms. Civil society must fight back

Africa Nic Cheeseman & Jeffrey Smith - 17 Apr 2020

Both authoritarian and democratic governments are responding to the coronavirus crisis by instituting frightening new powers

Boity takes control of her story

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 5 Feb 2020

Reality shows such as Own Your Throne may be banal, but affluence attracts viewers

The cost of surveillance capitalism

Analysis Shoshana Zuboff - 3 Jan 2020

In subjecting ourselves so readily to predictive data, we ignore the commercial interests involved at our peril

Steal my data, feed me lies

Article Shaun De Waal - 10 Dec 2019

Snowdon's book tells the world about his work for the US government, and how he grew disaffected with what they were up to

Is your smart city spying on you?

Article James Nash - 25 Oct 2019

Social and surveillance states underline the need for inclusive tech

Vumacam’s eye in the sky solution

Article Derek Davey - 25 Oct 2019

Smart camera networks help to create a smarter, safer cities

High court finds parts of Rica ‘unconstitutional’

Article Franny Rabkin - 16 Sep 2019

The high court orders some immediate changes to the law that allows government to intercept people’s phones and correspondence

‘Boris the Baby Bot’: The little book about big data

Article Lester Kiewit - 6 Sep 2019

Boris the BabyBot has been dreamt up by researcher and writer Murray Hunter, who focuses on surveillance and data privacy

Tuning surveillance software with African faces

Article Bulelani Jili - 8 Jul 2019

Is Africa following China into a techno-dystopian future?

Government’s thinking on surveillance law is regressive

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jun 2019

The law that regulates the interception of communications is being challenged on the basis it can be abused by rogue elements in intelligence

SA’s suburban camera creep tests privacy

Article Franny Rabkin - 31 May 2019

Private surveillance firms say they operate within the law, but no court has yet ruled on compliance

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Latest articles on Surveillance

Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

Viral authoritarianism during the Covid-19 pandemic

The pandemic is being used to erode democratic freedoms. Civil society must fight back

Top court questions surveillance laws

Boity takes control of her story

The cost of surveillance capitalism

Steal my data, feed me lies

Is your smart city spying on you?

Vumacam’s eye in the sky solution

High court finds parts of Rica ‘unconstitutional’

‘Boris the Baby Bot’: The little book about big data

Tuning surveillance software with African faces

Government’s thinking on surveillance law is regressive

SA’s suburban camera creep tests privacy

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