[GUIDE] The Protestors and Activists Handbook
By @ TheAnonymouseJoker

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How to protect your privacy at protest.

Learn how to protect your privacy in a street surveillance situation during protests.

📹 Watch it via:
YouTube || Invidious

📖 EFF guide on attending protest: https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/attending-protest

📱Recommended Apps:
Signal || Briar || Silence
OsmAnd Maps || ObscuraCam
ScrambledEXIF || Image Scrubber (Website)


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Police Used Smart Streetlight Footage to Investigate Protesters

After a series of protests calling for police reform, the San Diego Police Department accessed the city’s network of streetlight cameras at least 35 times in search of evidence for criminal cases against protesters who police believed vandalized property or threw objects.

In late May and early June, San Diego experienced a series of protests over the unequal and unjust treatment of Black Americans that were at times tense and violent and that led to arrests. Over a five-day period, investigators accessed the city’s network of streetlight cameras at least 35 times in search of evidence for criminal cases.

https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/government/police-used-smart-streetlight-footage-to-investigate-protesters/

#us #protest #surveillance

Kyrgyzstan internet law raises fears for free speech in COVID fog

Critics say bill, ostensibly aimed at false virus info, would enable corruption

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Ignoring official warnings, hundreds of protestors marched through Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek earlier this week in a last-ditch attempt to stop legislation that would significantly restrict free speech online.

Some say the law could do much more than that -- potentially becoming a tool to block allegations of a murky web of corruption.

The proposed legislation, which was passed by Kyrgyzstan's parliament on June 25 and now awaits President Sooronbai Jeenbekov's signature, would allow the government to censor online information it deems "false" or "inaccurate" by cutting off access to websites and closing social media accounts without a court ruling. It would also require internet service providers to collect verified information on users and store it for six months.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Kyrgyzstan-internet-law-raises-fears-for-free-speech-in-COVID-fog

#asia #kyrgyzstan #protest #censorship #freespeech #privacy

Police Surveilled George Floyd Protests With Help From Twitter-Affiliated Startup Dataminr

Leveraging close ties to Twitter, controversial artificial intelligence startup Dataminr helped law enforcement digitally monitor the protests that swept the country following the killing of George Floyd, tipping off police to social media posts with the latest whereabouts and actions of demonstrators, according to documents reviewed by The Intercept and a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

The monitoring seems at odds with claims from both Twitter and Dataminr that neither company would engage in or facilitate domestic surveillance following a string of 2016 controversies. Twitter, up until recently a longtime investor in Dataminr alongside the CIA, provides the company with full access to a content stream known as the “firehose” — a rare privilege among tech firms and one that lets Dataminr, recently valued at over $1.8 billion, scan every public tweet as soon as its author hits send. Both companies denied that the protest monitoring meets the definition of surveillance.

https://theintercept.com/2020/07/09/twitter-dataminr-police-spy-surveillance-black-lives-matter-protests/

#twitter #dataminr #surveillance #protest #privacy

Target’s Gig Workers Will Strike to Protest Switch to Algorithmic Pay Model

On Wednesday, the day of the work stoppage, Shipt will expand a blackbox pay model that workers say will hurt their earnings.

Gig workers on Target’s delivery app Shipt will strike on July 15 to protest the rollout of an algorithmic pay model that they claim has reduced wages by 30 percent in cities where it has been tested. The striking workers have also asked customers to boycott the app.

On Friday, Shipt announced to workers on its Facebook group and through notifications on its app that the pay model would take effect in at least 38 new metro areas in the United States in coming weeks. For gig workers in 12 of those metro areas, including Chicago, Indianapolis, Tampa, Denver, Portland, and Richmond, Virginia, the algorithmic pay model will take effect on July 15.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gzd8/targets-gig-workers-will-strike-to-protest-switch-to-algorithmic-pay-model

#target #shipt #protest

The Microsoft Police State: Mass Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and the Azure Cloud

Nationwide protests against racist policing have brought new scrutiny onto big tech companies like Facebook, which is under boycott by advertisers over hate speech directed at people of color, and Amazon, called out for aiding police surveillance. But Microsoft, which has largely escaped criticism, is knee-deep in services for law enforcement, fostering an ecosystem of companies that provide police with software using Microsoft’s cloud and other platforms. The full story of these ties highlights how the tech sector is increasingly entangled in intimate, ongoing relationships with police departments.

https://theintercept.com/2020/07/14/microsoft-police-state-mass-surveillance-facial-recognition/

#microsoft #surveillance #protest

Twitter Stokes Fascism Fears As Federal Officers Detain Protestors In Portland

Twitter users have reacted in dismay at footage of federal officers detaining protestors in Portland, with senators, journalists and academics describing the actions as authoritarian and fascist. While the exact scale of the federal operation is unknown, the strong reaction is a prime example of the political power of social media, and of how it functions to amplify political views and sentiments.

Oregon Public Broadcasting was the first news outlet to cover the actions of federal officers, who reportedly used unmarked minivans to grab protestors off the street. For several hours, the silence of national news broadcasters and websites meant that it was the only outlet to cover the actions, with additional information appearing only via Twitter.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/07/17/twitter-stokes-fascism-fears-as-federal-officers-detain-protestors-in-portland/

#twitter #protest

Internet disrupted in Iran province as police disperse rally

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police dispersed protesters in southwestern Iran angry over the Islamic Republic’s anemic economy amid a U.S. sanctions campaign, a news report said on Friday, and internet access to the wider region was disrupted as demonstrators shared videos of the rally.

Internet-access advocacy group NetBlocks.org reported the disruption affecting Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province late Thursday.

The outage coincided with videos being published online of protesters gathering in the city of Behbahan, some 570 kilometers (355 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran.

Those videos showed demonstrators chanting slogans heard at other protests in Iran over the last year, including: “Don’t be afraid, we are all together.” Others targeted Iran’s foreign policy, shouting: “No Gaza, no Lebanon, I will die for Iran.”

https://apnews.com/09eaa84b427e02e7484346ddb937cd48

#iran #protest #freespeech

Internet disrupted in Iran province as police disperse rally

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police dispersed protesters in southwestern Iran angry over the Islamic Republic’s anemic economy amid a U.S. sanctions campaign, a news report said on Friday, and internet access to the wider region was disrupted as demonstrators shared videos of the rally.

Internet-access advocacy group NetBlocks.org reported the disruption affecting Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province late Thursday.

The outage coincided with videos being published online of protesters gathering in the city of Behbahan, some 570 kilometers (355 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran.

Those videos showed demonstrators chanting slogans heard at other protests in Iran over the last year, including: “Don’t be afraid, we are all together.” Others targeted Iran’s foreign policy, shouting: “No Gaza, no Lebanon, I will die for Iran.”

https://apnews.com/09eaa84b427e02e7484346ddb937cd48

#iran #protest #freespeech

Chinese artist holds his tongue in protest of pandemic censorship

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - To protest censorship during the COVID-19 outbreak, a Chinese artist known as Brother Nut kept his mouth shut for 30 days, using metal clasps, gloves, duct tape and other items.

In the project - #shutupfor30days - he also sealed his mouth with packing tape with “404”, the error code for a webpage not found, written across it, a nod to the blocking of online content that is common in China for sensitive issues.

“If you ask me how an artist should digest unfair treatment, such as violence or censorship, my first reaction is: keep fighting, with art,” said Brother Nut.

The 39-year-old artist has built a reputation for statement-making projects in a country where the room for dissent has shrunk and censorship has intensified under President Xi Jinping.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-art/chinese-artist-holds-his-tongue-in-protest-of-pandemic-censorship-idUSKCN24L0HJ

#china #censorship #protest

Police Are Monitoring Black Lives Matter Protests With Ring Doorbell Data and Drones

Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras, drones and a number of other surveillance technologies are being used by law enforcement agencies to monitor communities across the U.S., including Black Lives Matter protests.

According to a new searchable database called the Atlas of Surveillance, Amazon Ring has video-sharing partnerships with more than 1,300 law enforcement agencies across the U.S., including the Los Angeles Police Department in California, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department in Missouri and the Louisville Metro Police Department in Kentucky.

https://www.newsweek.com/amazon-ring-drones-monitor-protests-1523856

#US #Amazon #Ring #protest #surveillance

Thousands protest against French bill to curb identification of police

https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2020/11/21/thousands-protest-against-french-bill-to-curb-identification-of-police/1924930

Several thousand people protested in Paris today against a bill that would make it a crime to circulate an image of a police officer’s face with the intention that they should be harmed.

Supporters say police officers and their families need protection from harassment, both online and in person when off duty.

Opponents say the law would infringe journalists’ freedom to report and make it harder to hold police accountable for abuses such as excessive use of force - a growing public concern. The offence would carry a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a €45,000 (RM218,355) fine.

On the Trocadero Square in western Paris, rights activists, trade unionists and journalists chanted: “Everybody wants to film the police!”
Many demonstrators wore the high-visibility jackets of the “Yellow Vest” movement that started a wave of anti-government protests two years ago.

Some held signs that read “We’ll put down our (smart)phones when you put down your weapons”.
Similar demonstrations were planned in Marseille, Lille, Montpellier, Rennes and Saint-Etienne.

Last Tuesday, two journalists were detained in a protest that led to clashes with police as lawmakers in the National Assembly began debating the bill, which is backed by President Emmanuel Macron’s party and its parliamentary allies.

The bill passed its first reading on Friday and there will be a second reading on Tuesday. It then goes to the Senate for further debate before it can become law.

An amendment drafted by the government and approved on Friday modified the article in question, 24, to add the phrase “without prejudice to the right to inform”.

Prime Minister Jean Castex said this would “remove any ambiguity on the intention to guarantee respect for public freedoms while better protecting those, police and gendarmes, who ensure the protection of the population”.
— Reuters


#france #cops #police #identification #protest

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