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Open Season: Building Syria’s Surveillance State

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12th December 2016
Open Season: Building Syria’s Surveillance State

Privacy International’s investigation contains evidence of the Syrian government’s ambitious plans and projects to monitor the national communications infrastructure, the technical details of which are revealed for the first time. Hundreds of original documents also highlight surveillance trade in this region leading up to and during the Arab Spring, which involved companies from around the world.

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Contesting Government Data and System Exploitation
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Syria
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