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Free to Protest (UK edition)

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Peru social networks crucial in disseminating rights information

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Myanmar suspends rights protections and rolls out "Safe City" camera surveillance system

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Myanmar budgets show Western supplies of surveillance technology

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Myanmar protesters find alternative paths in internet shutdown

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Belarus installs facial recognition surveillance system

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Belarus internet shutdown forces reliance on Telegram and VPNs

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EU foreign service buys Belarus 15 suv drones

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Belarus protests draw unprecedented crackdown

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Hong Kong protests become digital arms race against authorities

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Hong Kong protesters cut down and study the city's smart lampposts

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Hong Kong authorities have access to AI facial recognition software

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Facial recognition increases risk for Hong Kong street protesters

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Hong Kong protesters and police engage in digital arms race

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UK police use unmanned drones to surveil political protests

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UK tribunal rules that police may refuse to say whether they use Stingrays

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Peru street protests coordinated on social media by hundreds of decentralized organisations

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US Department of Homeland Security deployed aerial surveillance during BLM protests

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San Francisco police department use private camera network to surveil BLM protests

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Russian police track protesters and leak data to black market

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Tunisian police target LGBTQ protesters

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Social media posts show that Myanmar junta deployed drones to monitor protesters

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Florida Highway Patrol flies surveillance plane over press conference

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US CBP releases aerial surveillance video of Minneapolis protests

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Minnesota police monitor social media to prepare for pipeline protests

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Arizona police charged protesters as a "criminal street gang"

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Police and administration surveil University of Sydney protesters

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Activists sue San Francisco over use of private surveillance cameras in protests

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US law enforcement have access to vast networks of surveillance cameras

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Dataminr uses Twitter firehose access to inform law enforcement about protesters