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Duas Against The Surveillance State
ya allah only you are the all seeing and all knowing; revoke the power of the panopticon from those who wish us dead.
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Vanessa Taylor
Muslim Abolitionists On Islam, Carceral Systems, And The Surveillance State
"Freedom from surveillance allows for self-determination within our own communities and our people."
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Vanessa Taylor
counter-extremism across borders
"CVE represents a qualitative expansion of policing, not – as it is sometimes imagined – a ‘soft’ alternative to it."
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Vanessa Taylor
counter-extremism 🤝 catastrophe: an interview with arun kundnani (part 1)
"'Inherent to the idea of CVE and Prevent is that governments have the capacity to make...predictions about the future trajectories individuals or even…
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Vanessa Taylor
why i do what i do
i did not become a journalist for the career.
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Vanessa Taylor
"Why is DHS—"
Counter-extremism. That's why.
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Vanessa Taylor
counter-extremism as counterinsurgency: an interview with arun kundnani (part 2)
"In the United States, the main organization intervening in what they call the pre-criminal space is the FBI."
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Vanessa Taylor
Like A Mushroom Expelling Its Spores
"Anti-Blackness, Islamophobia, and all of their intersections, undergird digital technologies — including the internet."
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Vanessa Taylor
(GUEST) More Technology Isn't The Solution To Trump's Draconian Immigration Policies
Technology is not an alternative to harsh border and immigration policy. Instead, it's the tool already enabling CBP and ICE to carry out them out.
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Vanessa Taylor
(GUEST) Baby Tech Is Teaching Children To Mistake Surveillance For Love
Children today are faced with something more sinister than eyes in the back of their parents’ heads.
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Vanessa Taylor
A People-Led Review of the United Kingdom's Prevent Captures Its Abuse of Children
The People's Review of Prevent sheds light on how nefarious the United Kingdom's "countering extremism" policy really is.
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Vanessa Taylor
Meet the Two Organizers Behind Cryptographies of Resistance
Cryptography has often been used for imperial gain. Z and Crys are highlighting its revolutionary potential.
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Vanessa Taylor
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