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PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance

PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance providing the most hard-hitting results that reinforce and strengthen the core principles and standards of international law on surveillance. Find extracts from UN resolutions, independent expert reports, and international human rights bodies jurisprudence, and more.

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PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance

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Social media monitoring in the UK: the invisible surveillance tool increasingly deployed by government

Privacy International presents how the use of social media monitoring by governments and companies is an increasingly prevalent one, and as this article explores, largely unregulated.

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Understanding private surveillance providers and technologies

New policy paper by Privacy International and the Geneva Centre for Security Governance Sector (DCAF) explores surveillance services provided by private military and security companies.

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PI submission on human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain

PI's response to the call for input to the study of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain

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Generative AI won't take over the world, surveillance capitalism already has

A year and a half after OpenAI first released ChatGPT, generative AI still makes the headlines and gathers attention and capital. But what is the future of this technology in an online economy dominated by surveillance capitalism? And how can we expect it to impact our online lives and privacy?

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PI seeks to inform report on AI and racial discrimination of the UN Special Rapporteur on racism

Privacy International submitted its input to the UN Special Rapporteur on racism for their upcoming report which will examine and analyse the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and non-discrimination and racial equality, as well as other international human rights standards.

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PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance

Social media monitoring in the UK: the invisible surveillance tool increasingly deployed by government

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PI’s Guide to International Law and Surveillance

Social media monitoring in the UK: the invisible surveillance tool increasingly deployed by government

Understanding private surveillance providers and technologies

PI submission on human rights implications of new and emerging technologies in the military domain

Generative AI won't take over the world, surveillance capitalism already has

PI seeks to inform report on AI and racial discrimination of the UN Special Rapporteur on racism

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The End of Privacy in Public