After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel (The Guardian)

It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned.

Terror also operates through fear. Policies are designed to make people more submissive.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/08/state-terror-us-israel-donald-trump-benjamin-netanyahu

#us #UnitedStates #ice #trump #israel #netanhayu #autocracy #ArbitraryDetention #SecretPolicing #sureveillance #MilitarisedPolicing #StateTerror

After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel

It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned, says war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni

The Guardian

After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1269-88c6-f48a-726590349923

"Watch The Lives of Others, the beautifully told film about surveillance in 80s east Berlin. Act as if you are now living in East Germany and #Meta / #Facebook / #Instagram / #WhatsApp is the #Stasi. It is."

#sureveillance #authoritaranism #democracy #Trump #Musk

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world

In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

The Guardian
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Just catching up with the recent report from the UN Special Rapporteur on Terrorism which "addresses the human rights challenges and consequences of the development, use and transfer of new technologies in the context of counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism". She notes that "new technologies are being misused worldwide to restrict and violate human rights." She provides a framework template for use of #Sureveillance technologies
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/terrorism/sr/reports/A-HRC-52-39-AdvanceEditedVersion.docx