Global Expansion of Mass Surveillance Technology

Mass surveillance technologies put in place to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic haven't gone away. Instead, they've been expanded in an effort to exact worldwide social control.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• An investigation by The Associated Press reveals pandemic-era mass surveillance technologies are being utilized as instruments of control

• In China, COVID-19 QR codes have been used to restrict movement, protests and other forms of dissent

• In Israel, the Shin Bet security agency used COVID-19 contact tracing technology to send text message…