COVID-19 has given governments around the world cause to ramp up mass surveillance.
Israel is promoting a contact tracing product by NSO Group and as @marwasf warns, this is not the time to let private companies monetise the pandemic.
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                    Israel is promoting a contact tracing product by NSO Group and as @marwasf warns, this is not the time to let private companies monetise the pandemic.
                        
                        
                        Israel already has a template for mass surveillance.
@YaelBerda told me why Israel’s legal infrastructure makes it uniquely placed for authoritarian overreach.
                    
                                    
                    @YaelBerda told me why Israel’s legal infrastructure makes it uniquely placed for authoritarian overreach.
                        
                        
                        Benjamin Netanyahu has been fighting for his political survival for more than a year. Then came the pandemic.
@yossi_melman spoke to us about how Israel’s Prime Minister has manipulated this crisis to stay in power for a record fifth term.
                    
                                    
                    @yossi_melman spoke to us about how Israel’s Prime Minister has manipulated this crisis to stay in power for a record fifth term.
                        
                        
                        Bottom line: Israelis are being used to test invasive forms of surveillance, the likes of which Palestinians have experienced for decades.
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
                                                
                    
                    
                                    
                    
                        
                        
                        Watch my full  @AJListeningPost feature on the pandemic panopticon in Israel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qptzZUJ3Bts">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
                        
                        
                        
                        
                                                
                    
                    
                
                
                        
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