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Activists slam “pervert glasses” in new guerrilla campaign

Everyone Hates Elon — Stickers have appeared on the London Underground network, criticising the wearable technology’s covert filming capabilities.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Surreal celeb turns and creeping surveillance: Goodbye 2025’s endless bummer

Huck’s August dispatch — Justin Bieber’s stock up, Lana Del Rey’s down? The Sydney Sweeney jeans fiasco? Newsletter columnist Emma Garland rounds up a strange, psychedelic summer in culture.

  • Culture
  • Emma Garland

Russian hacktivists are using CCTV networks to protest Putin

Putin’s Jail — In Kurt Caviezel’s project using publicly accessible surveillance networks from around the world, he spotlights messages of resistance spread among the cameras of its biggest country.

  • Activism
  • Laura Witucka

On TikTok, people are fuelling surveillance culture

Big brother — Videos of people who’ve been filmed without their knowledge or consent are racking up millions of views on the app – but are these clips ever ethically justifiable?

  • Activism
  • Lucy Harbron

Body-worn cameras are quietly taking over London

Surveillance nation — FoIs obtained by Huck reveal just how widespread body cams are among police and TfL staff. While promised to increase accountability, the proliferation of the tech raises questions over who it really serves.

  • Activism
  • Will Grimond

Behind the rise in abuse towards call-centre workers

‘I was in tears‘ — Hostility towards call-centre workers has worsened during the pandemic, and now, staff are speaking out about the horrifying abuse they’ve faced.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glover

Tech workers are fighting back against employee surveillance

Power in numbers — Invasive workplace surveillance has become a reality for many remote workers over the pandemic. Now, tech workers are unionising to lead the resistance.

  • Activism
  • Sian Bradley

The photographer who hacked the world’s CCTV cameras

You are being watched — After learning how to access surveillance cameras from the comfort of his own studio, Marcus DeSieno embarked on a project that questions our relationship with the natural landscape in a world where someone’s always watching.

  • Photography
  • Niall Flynn

Judge shuts down WhatsApp for 100 Million Brazilians

Messaging app on 72-hour lockdown — Focus of the ongoing battle between governments and tech companies over privacy, encryption and security shifts to Brazil.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

Laura Poitras explores surveillance and pandas with Ai Weiwei

The Art of Dissent — The Citizenfour filmmaker collaborates with dissident artists Ai Weiwei and Jason Appelbaum on an art-project in Beijing.

  • Culture
  • Robin Nierynck

The Oscar-winning inside story of Edward Snowden’s NSA spying revelations

Citizenfour wins best documentary Oscar — Who is filmmaker Laura Poitras? And why did Edward Snowden choose her to break the story of the century?

  • Top Picks
  • Alex King

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