Mass surveillance: exceptional measure or dangerous habit?
Mass surveillance: exceptional measure or dangerous habit?
Digital communications technologies have revolutionized the way human
beings interact, but UN Human Rights Deputy Chief Flavia Pansieri warns
of the very real impact that governmental surveillance of digital
communications can have on a range of human rights: http://fal.cn/2F1
“Information collected through digital surveillance has been used to
target dissidents. There are also credible reports suggesting that
digital technologies have been used to gather information that has then
led to torture and other forms of ill-treatment,” she says.
