Written byTactical Tech Written bySafa This article was written by Safa for the series “Digitized Divides” and originally published on tacticaltech.org. An edited version is republished by Global Voices under a partnership agreement. ( Globalvoices.org ) – Surveillance, monitoring, and control have been used historically and continue to be used currently under the guise of […]
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