Police spies and surveillance

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Published on: 31 July 2014

Written by: Suresh Grover All articles by Suresh Grover

It has recently emerged that the UK police have been spying on black justice campaigns for decades. Home Secretary...

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Published on: 10 June 2014

Written by: Chris Jones All articles by Chris Jones

New predictive policing technologies seem to promise crime reduction. But predictive policing also threatens the...

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Published on: 22 May 2014

Written by: Phil Chamberlain All articles by Phil Chamberlain

In 2009 a UK construction industry blacklist, administered by a private company holding files on thousands of...

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Published on: 14 January 2014

Written by: Adam Elliott-Cooper All articles by Adam Elliott-Cooper

Allegations of police spying on anti-racism groups shed new light on the meaning and operation of 'institutional...

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Published on: 11 January 2014

Written by: Martin Eiermann All articles by Martin Eiermann

The almost exclusive focus on the NSA obscures the degree to which surveillance has become integrated into almost...

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Published on: 13 August 2013

Written by: Merrick Badger All articles by Merrick Badger

Recent revelations have exposed the routine embedding of undercover police officers within environmental and social...

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Published on: 8 August 2013

Written by: Val Swain All articles by Val Swain

From overt, intrusive surveillance to 'network demolition': disruption is central to the strategies of...

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