- Surveillance abuse
Surveillance abuse is the use of
surveillance methods or technology to monitor the activity of an individual or group of individuals in a way which violates the social norms or laws of a society.Mass surveillance by the state may constitute surveillance abuse if not appropriately regulated. Surveillance abuse often falls outside the scope oflawful interception .Covert surveillance by
police and the use ofinformant s to conduct surveillance was introduced in the 16th century in Europe. In the mid 1800s in the United States, most large cities had police forces which covertly surveiled suspected criminals and others deemed "radical" or otherwise undesirable. Allegations of surveillance abuse increased as this practice became more common (Marx & Fijnaut).In modern times, surveillance abuse has become more widespread through corporate and industrial use of private security firms which may be used to conduct
industrial espionage , monitor competitors, and targettrade union leaders.During the FBI's
COINTELPRO operations, there was widespread surveillance abuse which targeted politicaldissident s, primarily people from the political left andcivil rights movement.ee also
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Mass surveillance
*Police misconduct
*Police state
*Political repression
*References
* Davis, James Kirkpatrick. (1997). "Assault on the Left: The FBI and the Sixties Antiwar Movement." Westport, CT: Praeger.
* Donner, Frank J. (1980). "The Age of Surveillance: The Aims and Methods of America’s Political Intelligence System". New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
* Donner, Frank J. (1990). "Protectors of Privilege: Red Squads and Police Repression in Urban America". Berkeley: University of California Press.
* Fijnaut, Cyrille and Gary T. Marx. (1995). "Under Cover: Police Surveillance in Comparative Perspective." The Hague: Kluwer Law International.
* Marx, Gary T. (1988)."Under Cover: Police Surveillance in America". Berkeley: Twentieth Century Fund/University of California Press.
* Ney York Civil Liberties Union. (2006). " [http://www.nyclu.org/pdfs/surveillance_cams_report_121306.pdf Who's Watching] "
* O'Reilly, Kenneth. (1988). "Racial Matters:" The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960—1972". New York: Free Press.
* Staples, William G. (2000). "Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and Visibility in Postmodern Life". Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
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