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SFPD deploys surveillance camera tech used to track Palestinians
Original: ‘Surveillance maximalism’: SFPD is deploying camera technology used to track Palestinians
The San Francisco Police Department is rolling out camera technology previously used to track Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, a move critics describe as 'surveillance maximalism'. Civil liberties advocates are raising concerns that surveillance tools tested in war zones are being repurposed for policing American cities, while the department points to public safety justifications for the expanded camera network.
Why now: Civil liberties concerns about exporting battlefield surveillance technology to domestic policing have drawn criticism.
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- ‘Surveillance maximalism’: SFPD is deploying camera technology used to track Palestinians · The San Francisco Standard
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