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Kampmark: COVID-19 is Resulting in a Pandemic Surveillance State
March 24, 2020
Writing in International Policy Digest, Binoy Kampmark explains how, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, epidemiologists are at the forefront of a new surveillance push, marked by a fierce boom in surveillance technologies dedicated to monitoring whole populations taking place.
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Wolf: Russia Engaged in COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign
March 24, 2020
Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has opined that false reports that the U.S. is imposing a national quarantine because of the novel coronavirus are part of a "disinformation campaign" possibly stemming from Russia.
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China Building Tech "New World Order"
March 18, 2020
According to the Future Today Institute's 2020 Tech Trends Report, China is leading a tech "new world order" in such areas as artificial intelligence and data collection.
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WHO Has Become Global Social Media Influencer
March 18, 2020
Writing in Forbes, Abram Brown opines that, as it addresses the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization is becoming the planets most important social media influencer, consistently putting out life-saving information that successfully catches the attention of the young and old.
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UN Launches Panel to Tackle Illicit Finance
March 18, 2020
In order to ensure the goals and targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals are achieved, the United Nations has launched the High-Level Panel on Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity ("FACTI") to address corporate tax abuse and other illicit financial flows.