All news on the topic: Surveillance

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Repressive campaign against independent press continues in Azerbaijan: 28 journalists behind bars
A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan.
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UK Home Office: three Iranians plotted major attacks and spied for foreign intelligence
Three Iranian men residing in London have been charged under the National Security Act for engaging in activities likely to assist a foreign intelligence service, following an investigation conducted by counter-terrorism officers, according to the Metropolitan Police.
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In Cyprus, a proposed law threatens press freedom: journalists could be forced to reveal their sources
Press freedom at risk, say watchdogs, as Cyprus law could force reporters to reveal sources. Proposed legislation allows spyware and sweeping surveillance of journalists.
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Britain trapped in a "grey war": Russia hunting Trident and maritime infrastructure
Defense officials suspect that the Trident nuclear fleet is the latest target in Putin’s ‘greyzone’ war with the UK.
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Extradited fugitive smuggler sentenced in the UK for migrant trafficking
Albanian man imprisoned in the UK for migrant smuggling after being extradited from Spain.
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Serbian authorities accused of illegal activist surveillance using spyware
Police and intelligence services in Serbia are using advanced mobile forensics products and previously unknown spyware to illegally surveil journalists, environmental campaigners and civil rights activists, according to a report.
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Huyton Firm: Brutal organised crime group brought down by its own text messages
More than 30 serious criminals have been jailed after police cracked their encrypted text messages and uncovered a violent feud over stolen drugs.
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Missing student's dad on haunting few seconds between leaving bar & pals leaving
The father of a missing college student Riley Strain has revealed that CCTV footage of his last few minutes was released to investigators, and shows the young man drunkenly running though several Tennessee streets
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'Devastating pandemic' could sweep Earth as countries helpless to health threats
The world might not be ready for another ‘devastating pandemic’ with global response to ‘health threats’ waning, according to a bombshell new US intelligence report
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TikTok ban looms in America as US politicians vote to outlaw platform
US politicians will vote this week on a bill to ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless its owner, technology company ByteDance, sells it
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China eyes up unsettling counter-space weapons to blast US satellites from sky
China's threat to the US as a major space weapons force is emphasized in new unclassified government documents
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Riley Strain's parents hope Apple Watch holds clue to student's disappearance
The parents of missing student Riley Strain in Missouri are hoping that his electronic footprint can lead them to their son, as he had his Apple Watch and phone the night he disappeared
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Airbnb bans CCTV cameras inside properties as it cracks down on surveillance
Under the new rules, doorbell cameras and noise monitors in common areas will still be allowed, but they must be disclosed on the property's listing page, Airbnb has announced
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Lionel Messi slammed for backing Chinese firm accused of spying
Football superstar Lionel Messi has been criticised for promoting several apps and video games that are part of what Human Rights Watch has described as China's network of censorship and surveillance
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School 'sends staff to check bins' to catch families going on term-time holidays
Astrea Academy Woodfields in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, has been sending staff to pupils' homes to check if their bins are being put out and cars are on the drive in a bid to catch families on term-time holidays
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Woman 'too sick to walk' filmed doing 'regular' 5km runs
A jury heard silversmith Annette Bond spent nearly a decade conning taxpayers out of £67,062.50 by claiming her mobility was severely impaired by multiple sclerosis
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Life-extending NHS cancer treatment blocked in 'dark day'
Nice said the cost the NHS was being asked to pay for trastuzumab deruxtecan was "too high" in relation to its benefits so it will not be available at this stage
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Baffled fishermen pull potential downed high-altitude 'spy balloon' from water
The unmanned object is being brought to shore by the fishing vessel where it will be handed over to the FBI for analysis, it comes after a number of 'spy balloons' were shot down over the US last year
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MAGA firebrand's son released from jail as details emerge about alleged crimes
Tyler Boebert, 18, was allegedly spotted on CCTV wearing a hoodie from Shooter’s Grill, the restaurant once owned by Lauren Boebert, and was also recognized by police from previous encounters
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Man, 38, becomes sixth person charged with spying for Russia while in the UK
Bulgarian national Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 38, is accused of spying on behalf of Russia while living in Acton, west London, and was denied bail after appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court
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Mum left missing boy, 3, with mystery man ‘for disciplinary reasons’
The Wisconsin mother of a three-year-old boy, who disappeared earlier this week, left him with a mystery man for "disciplinary reasons" before he vanished, it has been revealed
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Madeleine McCann suspect's prison cell 'has been bugged', defence lawyers claim
The lawyers of notorious sex offender Christian Brueckner have requested a witness who claims his prison cell was bugged be heard in the trial in Braunschweig
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Police search landfill for missing toddler, 3, after dinosaur shoe found
Police and the FBI are combing a landfill near Wisconsin after three-year-old Elijah Vue vanished earlier this week and a child's dinosaur shoe was discovered
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Putin taunts West by taking joyride in supersonic Tu-160M nuclear bomber
Russian warlord Vladimir Putin carried out a stunt by flying a Tu-160M strategic nuclear bomber, in a show of strength to the West ahead of next month's elections
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Covid infections that last for months are 'surprisingly common'
A new study has found that up to three in every 100 Covid infections last for a month or longer - and that people with the persistent infections are more likely to have Long Covid