Germany, Norway vow to step up North Atlantic surveillance
- 22-Jul-2025
NATO allies Germany and Norway agreed on Monday to step up surveillance against maritime and airborne “threats” in the northern Atlantic region amid high tensions with Russia over the Ukraine war. “Germany and Norway aim to ensure stability and security in maritime areas, including in the High North,” said a joint statement released as German […]
Probe launched into suspected hacking of journalist’s mobile phone
- 18-Apr-2022
ATHENS: Greek prosecutors said Monday they had ordered an investigation into the suspected hacking of a Greek journalist’s mobile phone, following revelations by an investigative website last week. The preliminary investigation would be to establish if there had been a breach of his telephone, said Sotiria Papageorgopoulou, head of the Athens prosecutors office. Greek investigative […]
China uses AI software to improve its surveillance capabilities
- 08-Apr-2022
Dozens of Chinese firms have built software that uses artificial intelligence to sort data collected on residents, amid high demand from authorities seeking to upgrade their surveillance tools, a Reuters review of government documents shows. According to more than 50 publicly available documents examined by Reuters, dozens of entities in China have over the past […]
Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal
- 24-Jul-2021
Allegations that governments used phone malware supplied by an Israeli firm to spy on journalists, activists and heads of state have “exposed a global human rights crisis,” Amnesty International said, asking for a moratorium on the sale and use of surveillance technology. In a Friday statement, the NGO warned of “the devastating impact of the […]
Disinformation, surveillance seen as growing threats to democracy: watchdog
- 05-Nov-2019
An annual report on online freedom by the nonprofit group Freedom House found evidence of "advanced social media surveillance programs" in at least 40 of 65 countries analyzed.
US Senate to vote to renew NSA’s internet surveillance program
- 16-Jan-2018
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate on Tuesday planned to vote to advance a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrant-less internet surveillance program, as privacy advocates made a final push to derail the measure. The legislation would extend the NSA program, which gathers information from foreigners overseas but incidentally collects an unknown amount of communications belonging […]
Facebook bars developers from using data for surveillance
- 14-Mar-2017
CALIFORNIA: Facebook Inc barred software developers on Monday from using the massive social network’s data to create surveillance tools, closing off a process that had been exploited by U.S. police departments to track protesters Facebook, its Instagram unit and rival Twitter Inc came under fire last year from privacy advocates after the American Civil Liberties […]
India deploys drones on LoC for surveillance
- 09-Mar-2017
ISLAMABAD: India has deployed its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at the Line of Control (LoC) for surveillance of Pakistan, citing sources ARY News reports. Sources said that the UAV — aka drones — bases have been set up at Poonch and Rajori sectors of the Line of Control. The aircrafts will be controlled from its […]
Swiss set to back new surveillance law
- 25-Sep-2016
GENEVA: Swiss voters looked set to approve a new surveillance law on Sunday, in a victory for the government which argued the security services needed enhanced powers in an increasingly volatile world.
Invasion of privacy: Pakistan govt asked to discard current surveillance system
- 22-Jul-2015
A UK-based non-governmental organization – campaigning across the world on privacy issues – has demanded of the Pakistan government to move away from its current surveillance model that jeopardizes individuals’ privacy and threatens democracy on a larger scale.