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How Crowd-Sourced Videos Fuel Government Surveillance Databases
Key Takeaways
- Citizen-recorded videos are routinely collected by authorities and fed into surveillance databases.
- This practice transforms accountability tools into mass surveillance mechanisms.
- Legal gray areas allow warrantless collection of publicly available footage.
- Implications include chilling free speech and undermining citizen journalism.
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