Tag: video streaming
  • Dec 1, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

France rocked again by demonstrations against the new “Global Security Law”, which includes mass surveillance by police drones

For the second time in a week, demonstrations took place across France against a new “Global Security Law”. The proposed legislation would bring in wide-ranging police surveillance in France, but the main concern of demonstrators is Article 24, which is designed to penalize the “malicious” dissemination of images of French police officers: Pending legislation in … Continue reading “France rocked again by demonstrations against the new “Global Security Law”, which includes mass surveillance by police drones”

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  • Nov 24, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Amazon’s Ring moves even closer to becoming the perfect urban police surveillance system

Back in July last year, this blog wrote about Amazon’s Ring series, whose key product is a small Internet-connected camera built into a doorbell. At that time, it was already clear that the system posed a serious threat to privacy, particularly in the urban context. Since then, there has been a massive rise in the … Continue reading “Amazon’s Ring moves even closer to becoming the perfect urban police surveillance system”

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  • Mar 31, 2019 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

Taiwan says no to Chinese influence by blocking Tencent and Baidu’s censored video streaming platforms

Taiwan will block Baidu and Tencent from running video streaming services on the island. This past week, Chiu Chui-Cheng, deputy minister of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, told the Nikkei Asian Review that Taiwan is currently making moves to ban Baidu and Tencent services in the country. Baidu operates a video streaming service accessible in Taiwan … Continue reading “Taiwan says no to Chinese influence by blocking Tencent and Baidu’s censored video streaming platforms”

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