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 already has a template for mass surveillance.

@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.
Bottom line: Israelis are being used to test invasive forms of surveillance, the likes of which Palestinians have experienced for decades.
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