Seven years ago, we began tracking the votes of members of Congress on key privacy and surveillance issues. It’s time to highlight House legislators who have voted consistently to protect your privacy against government intrusion. We’re non-partisan and fact-based. We don’t rate based on whether we think a legislator is smart, nice or ethical. We rate based […]
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Carceral Surveillance
Philosophers have long opined on the inextricable nature of incarceration and surveillance. Prisons have historically been the testing ground for new surveillance technologies. Bentham’s panopticon with it’s single guard tower overseeing a circular cell block eventually evolved into a lone guard monitoring an entire prison’s CCTV which eventually evolved into police departments surveilling entire cities […]