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Report

Teach 'em to Phish: State Sponsors of Surveillance

Countries with powerful security agencies are spending literally billions to equip, finance and train security and surveillance agencies around the world — including authoritarian regimes. This is resulting in entrenched authoritarianism, further facilitation of abuse against people, and diversion

Long Read

Teach ‘em to Phish: State Sponsors of Surveillance

Privacy International (PI) has today released a new report, 'Teach 'em to Phish: State Sponsors of Surveillance', showing how countries with powerful security agencies are training, equipping, and directly financing foreign surveillance agencies. Spurred by advances in technology, increased

News

2nd December 2019

Facial Recognition just to use a Phone: China Sets a Dangerous Global Precedent

14th August 2018

The Data Arms Race Is No Excuse for Abandoning Privacy

17th July 2018

Press release: New report exposes global reach of powerful governments who equip, finance and train other countries to spy on their populations

9th February 2018

Online surveillance becomes a priority for the Human Rights Council, as Pakistan joins the wrong side of the debate

12th December 2016

Social Media Intelligence, The Wayward Child Of Open Source Intelligence

11th July 2016

Denmark Approves Export Of Internet Surveillance System To China

Examples of Abuse

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Hangzhou considers expansion options for coronavirus surveillance app

China is adding new features to its coronavirus surveillance app, which has helped many workers and employers return to their former lives, and looks likely to become a permanent fixture. Zhou Jiangyong, the Communist Party secretary of the eastern city of Hangzhou, has said the city's app, which it

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Our Advocacy

Denmark Approves Export Of Internet Surveillance System To China

Privacy International has today written to Danish ministers and authorities seeking urgent assurances following a report published two days ago in Information showing that the government has approved the export of an internet surveillance system to China. The report, which relies in part on

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