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Surveillance Cities

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In Africa’s first ‘safe city,’ surveillance reigns
Njeri Wangari
8 Nov, 2023
Technology
The smart city where everybody knows your name
Bradley Jardine
26 Oct, 2023
Technology
Digital footprints on the dark side of Geneva
Thomas Dworzak/Magnum Photos
15 Jun, 2023
Technology
Watching the streets of Medellín
Juan David Restrepo Ortiz
7 Feb, 2023
Technology
How surveillance tech helped protect power — and the drug trade — in Honduras
Anna-Catherine Brigida
31 Jan, 2023
Technology
Russia is building one of the world’s largest facial recognition networks
Felix Light
8 Nov, 2019
Technology
Moscow’s ‘smart city’ program is going global. Russian activists say it targets political opponents
Isobel Cockerell and Katia Patin
11 Oct, 2019