Enrique Piracés

Abstract

For decades, security experts, privacy advocates, and whistleblowers have warned us about the growing surveillance capacity of states, the risk of technology in the hands of organized crime, and the increasing role that corporations play in violating citizens’ rights to privacy and anonymity.  As we start to grasp the scope and scale of unchecked surveillance, it is important to underscore the need to understand its potential long-term consequences for human rights organizations and the development of free media. Human rights defenders and journalists work in environments where resources are scarce and adversaries have the upper hand. In the context of human rights documentation and journalistic work, the implications of technically advanced surveillance can be tremendous.

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