The international research and information network on surveillance

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PUBLISHED: New issue of Surveillance & Society with a special Dialogue section on #authoritarian #surveillance Always #openaccess. Read it here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index…
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PUBLISHED: New issue of Surveillance & Society with a special Dialogue section on the #surveillance dimensions of #SyntheticData. Always #openaccess. Read it here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index…
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Surveillance & Societyis currently seeking self-nominations for up to four Associate Editor positions. (Deadline: January 6, 2025) Please consider joining our team and community. #surveillance #openaccess #journals ojs.library.queensu.ca/index…
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CFP: Surveillance & Literature As a reminder, Surveillance & Society is still seeking submissions for our upcoming issue on Surveillance & Literature. The deadline for submissions is January 1. More details can be found here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index…
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PUBLISHED: New issue of Surveillance & Society. Articles on #smarthomes, FBI #memes, retail price monitoring, Cold War-era sonar systems, racializing surveillance, predictive #policing, healthcare #biometrics, & more. Always #openaccess. Read here: tinyurl.com/2h5abudh
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CFP: Surveillance & Society is seeking contributions for a special issue on “Resisting Surveillance through Data Visibility and Invisibility” (guest edited by @NTusikov). DEADLINE: March 1, 2025. #surveillance #resistance #datajustice Details here: tinyurl.com/3az2eztn
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CFP: Surveillance and Literature We’re seeking submissions for a special issue of Surveillance & Society on “Surveillance and Literature.” Guest edited by @StephJayB. Submission deadline January 1, 2025. More details can be found here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index… Please share!
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Join Surveillance in the Majority World Research Network! You can be a regular or voting member to elect the board. We have some exciting projects coming up, including an annotated bibliography of surveillance literature from the majority world! Pls Share! surveillance-majority-world.…
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PUBLISHED: Check out the June issue of Surveillance & Society. Articles on workplace #surveillance, student monitoring, predictive policing, humanitarian screening, #AI problematics, and pandemic surveillance. Always #openaccess. Read it here: tinyurl.com/3fwnhe4d
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Surveillance & Society seeks papers for a special journal issue on "Global Futures of Digital Confinement." Guest edited by @CarolinaBoe, Ulla Berg, & @dtbyler. Deadline Oct.1. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index…
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Our final panel on regulating surveillance featured wonderful work by @mariana__canto on commercial spyware regulation, @amaralpeudro on law enforcement despite government opacity, & Mautarelli on privacy legislation, chaired by @rodrigo_firmino.
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Our 2nd #ssn2024 surveillance in China panel discusses excellent research by @ausma_b on platformisation of public security, Poon on sociotechnical imaginaries of Xiong’an smart city, & @EmilieSzwajnoch on Chinese surveillance expansion in central Asia chaired by @Alex_Goik.
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Our #ssn2024 first panel on digital surveillance in China discusses wonderful work on grassroots surveillance by Trauth-Goik & @PChinaDI, living with digital surveillance by @ArianeOllier, & users’ everyday surveillance on China’s Zhima credit by @fanliang86 chaired by @ausma_b.
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Surveillance Studies retweeted
#Surveillance is multifaceted & in a constant state of evolution. What a pleasure it has been to share & engage with the phenomenal minds dedicated to investigating this aspect of the digital ecosystem worldwide! Thank you #SSN2024 @AzadeAkbari @phat_controller @murakamiwood
We are delighted to host the first plenary discussion on Surveillance Studies in Africa at a @SurvStudiesNet conference! Join our wonderful panellists @admire2mare, @ChewingStones from @cipesaug, and @gbengasesan from @ParadigmHQ! Moderated by @phat_controller from @ADRNorg!
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Surveillance Studies retweeted
At #SSN2024 & interested in developments on #Surveillance in Africa? See our work 👉🏾cipesa.org/wp-content/files/… Be sure to look out for our upcoming Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (#FIFAfrica24) which also explores #DigitalID, #DataGov #DataPrivacy👉🏾 cipesa.org/2024/05/fifafrica…
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@SurvStudiesNet has always hosted important research on surveillance & control in Israel/Palestine. @SurveilSouth found it crucial to host this plenary discussion and show support for this research & researchers navigating complex & difficult personal & professional challenges.
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Now a necessary and urgent plenary on #Surveillance and #Control in #Palestine. In memory of Elia Zureik, w/ Ahmad Sa'di, @nevegordon & Mais Qandeel, chaired by David Lyon. #SSN2024
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We started the 3rd day of #ssn2024 with an excellent panel on borders & humanitarianism with @newspeakineu on outsourcing humanitarian surveillance, @empo11on on sovereignty & humanitarian data, @LauraJung on migration prediction, & Ismini Mathioudaki on digital deterrence.
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Concurrent to #SSN2024 plenary discussion, @ParadigmHQ released its report “The state of Deployment of Surveillance Technologies in Africa”. We are very happy to be the report’s first audience! Download the report here: paradigmhq.org/report/the-st…
Today, at the 2024 Surveillance and Society Conference in Ljubljan, Slovenia, PIN Executive Director, @gbengasesan, will announce the launch of our latest report, “The State of Deployment of Surveillance Technologies in Africa” and present its findings. It covers the Central African region (Republic of Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic), East African region (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda) Southern African region (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the West African region (Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal). PIN with support from Open Society Foundations, commissioned the research. Among other outcomes, it identifies specific case studies of deployment of surveillance technologies, maps actors in the surveillance ecosystem, and evaluatee the regulatory framework and privacy laws landscape in the regions. Download the full report: paradigmhq.org/report/the-st… #ParadigmInitiative
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We are delighted to host the first plenary discussion on Surveillance Studies in Africa at a @SurvStudiesNet conference! Join our wonderful panellists @admire2mare, @ChewingStones from @cipesaug, and @gbengasesan from @ParadigmHQ! Moderated by @phat_controller from @ADRNorg!
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