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Free to Protest (UK edition)

‘Free to Protest: The protestor’s guide to police surveillance and how to avoid it’ (UK edition) is a collection of bite-sized guides about high-tech police surveillance capabilities at protests, including tips and strategies about how you can protect yourself from being identified, tracked and

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Protesters holding placard reading 'free to protest' while surrounded by police

Free to Protest (Pakistan edition)

The Free to Protest Guide Pakistan has been created by adapting Privacy International's (PI) Free to Protest Guide UK according to the laws and policies of Pakistan, in collaboration with PI and local activists in Pakistan. The Guide has been published in English, Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto

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Russian police arrest anti-war protesters and search their phones

Footage captured by Bloomberg shows that police are arresting anti-war protesters in Russia and scrolling through their phones. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-03-07/russian-police-search-protesters-phones-make-arrests-video Writer: Kommersant Publication: Bloomberg TV Publication date

Rostec anti-riot software uses machine learning to prevent mass unrest

Based on a draft methodology from Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry, Kommersant business daily reports that Rostec's data subsidiary, Natsionalny Tsentr Informatizatsii, is developing software that will use machine learning to detect and prevent mass unrest. The software will analyse news

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Free to Protest (Palestine edition)

The ‘Guide to Digital Safety and Privacy at Peaceful Protests’ has been produced by 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media. 7amleh has adapted the content of PI's UK Free to Protest guide to fit the Palestinian context. The guide is organized in three sub-guides: (1) a guide to

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