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Russian police arrest anti-war protesters and search their phones

Footage captured by Bloomberg shows that police are arresting anti-war protesters in Russia and scrolling through their phones. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-03-07/russian-police-search-protesters-phones-make-arrests-video Writer: Kommersant Publication: Bloomberg TV Publication date

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Rostec anti-riot software uses machine learning to prevent mass unrest

Based on a draft methodology from Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry, Kommersant business daily reports that Rostec's data subsidiary, Natsionalny Tsentr Informatizatsii, is developing software that will use machine learning to detect and prevent mass unrest. The software will analyse news

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Free to Protest (Palestine edition)

The ‘Guide to Digital Safety and Privacy at Peaceful Protests’ has been produced by 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media. 7amleh has adapted the content of PI's UK Free to Protest guide to fit the Palestinian context. The guide is organized in three sub-guides: (1) a guide to

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A guide to getting your data from Telegram

Your Telegram app stores a lot of information about you in the cloud. Here we show you how to gain access to it.

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A guide to getting your data from Facebook app

Your Facebook app stores a lot of information about you and your interactions with it over time. This guide will show you how to access it.

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A guide to getting your data from WhatsApp

Your WhatsApp stores a lot of information about you in the cloud. Here we show you how you can gain access to it.

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A guide to getting your data from Uber

This guide enables you to obtain the data stored about you and to limit the amount of data being collected by the Uber app.

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A guide to police surveillance of your devices

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A guide to surveillance of your face and body at protests

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A guide to policing databases and predictive policing tools

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A guide to protect your devices against surveillance at protests

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Fact sheet on your data rights in relation to police surveillance at protests

An overview of your data rights in relation to data processed by the police at protests (UK edition).

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Fact sheet on photographing police officers at a protest

An overview of relevant considerations if and when photographing or filming police at a protest (UK edition).

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News & Analysis

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Can we be free to protest in an age of high tech police surveillance of protests?

Read our new ‘Free to Protest’ guides and learn about the high tech surveillance tools that enable the police to identify, monitor and track protestors, indiscriminately and at scale - and find out how you can better protect yourself.

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Protect yourself from online tracking

Online tracking is a widespread practice with questionnable ethics and legal backing. Learn how to limit your data from being collected unwillingly and disrupt the tracking industry!

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How social media monitoring can be used at a protest

A brief guide to how social media monitoring can be used at a protest, and how you can minimise risks to your data (UK edition)

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