Syria

Report and Analysis

Report

Open Season: Building Syria’s Surveillance State

Privacy International’s investigation contains evidence of the Syrian government’s ambitious plans and projects to monitor the national communications infrastructure, the technical details of which are revealed for the first time. Hundreds of original documents also highlight surveillance trade in

News

12th December 2016

New investigation reveals Syria’s mass surveillance ambitions and the shadowy Western surveillance companies that profit from it

3rd June 2014

There's No Good Reason for Spy Agencies to Snoop on Humanitarian Groups

20th November 2013

Rush to aid Syrians overlooks protecting right to privacy

25th October 2013

A giant leap backwards: Corporations divesting toxic surveillance companies

24th April 2013

US government cracks down on surveillance technology reseller; HMRC remains silent in similar case

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Russia limits what soldiers may post on social media

In February 2019, after investigative journalists used social media posts to investigate the country's hidden role in conflicts such as those in Ukraine and Syria, Russia began moving to ban its soldiers from posting any information that would expose their whereabouts or their role in the military

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