Article 24.04.2014 1 min. read Text The story of post-Snowden debate is a story of crossing the redlines that never should be crossed in democratic society. After at least 10 years of allegations, we gained evidence showing that surveillance is not about fighting terrorism or even public security. It is about intelligence agencies best interests and easy access to citizens data. Surveillance of political allies turn out to be “legitimate": even though there was some public outcry, no strong political reactions followed. Snowden revelations showed that democratic checks and balances both in US and in Europe failed – oversight bodies tolerated or ignored mass surveillance. Secrecy was abused by democratically elected governments to hide their mistakes and major human rights infringements. Katarzyna Szymielewicz talks about these sad truths nearly 12 months after first disclosures made by Edward Snowden. Watch video (YouTube) Fundacja Panoptykon Author Topic mass surveillance mass surveillance Previous Next See also Article Polish Senate calls Pegasus illegal and demands scrutiny over secret services The Senate of Poland concluded its investigation on the use of Pegasus by Polish secret services to spy on ia. opposition politicians and unapologetic public persons. They declared that Pegasus should be considered illegal in Poland and the secret services should be put under strict and independent… 12.09.2023 Text Article Activists v. Poland. European Court of Human Rights hearing on uncontrolled surveillance On 27 September the hearing was held at the European Court of Human Rights, following the application against Poland lodged by activists from Poland’s Panoptykon Foundation and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, joined by a human rights attorney. The group alleges that the state violated their… 04.11.2022 Text
