Monitoring the Policing of Anti-Fracking Protests
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Your Rights During Police Trials of Facial Recognition Technology
PHOTO: Big Brother Watch At the end of January, the Metropolitan Police held the latest trials of facial recognition technology that is intended to pick out suspects from crowds, using cameras that scan faces to see whether they match images on a database of targets....
It’s Time to Close Down the Police’s “Domestic Extremism” Databases
Drawing by John Catt, 2011 A European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment in January, in a case brought by veteran peace campaigner John Catt, is extremely significant for the future of protest surveillance. For seven years John has argued that the decision by the...
Netpol calls on opposition parties to embrace policies in 2019 protecting the right to participate in protests
There is much speculation whether the chaos in Westminster could eventually lead to a snap general election. Governments come and go, but it seems the constant battle to protect the right to freedom of assembly remains unabated. Eight years ago the Coalition...