Special Reports
- China turns televisions and mobile phones in villages into surveillance terminals – People’s Daily China
- China’s weapon of mass surveillance is a human rights abuse – The Hill
- In China, Beware- A Camera May Be Watching You – NPR
Facial Recognition
- China’s police get face-recognizing glasses ahead of New Year – CNET
- Facial Recognition In China Is Big Business As Local Governments Boost Surveillance – NPR
- Facial Recognition And Beyond- Venturing Inside China’s ‘Surveillance State’ – NPR
- Facial recognition in China ‘spot on’, say Metropolitan Police Federation – Sky News
Collecting DNA
Podcasts
Companies Building Surveillance State Technology
- EU companies selling surveillance tools to China’s human rights abusers – Amnesty International
- SenseNets: the facial recognition company that supplies China’s Skynet surveillance system – South China Morning Post
Exporting Surveillance State Technology Around the World
News
“Skynet”
“Skynet”
- Big brother is watching you! China installs ‘the world’s most advanced video surveillance system’ with over 20 million AI-equipped street cameras – Daily Mail Online
- Chinese Communist Party Literally Names Its Domestic Surveillance Program ‘Skynet’ – PJ Media
- China’s Skynet Project ‘catches’ BBC correspondent in minutes – Bastille Post
- Is China’s Skynet detrimental to the entire human race? – Modern Tokyo Times
- Skynet in China: Real-life ‘Person of Interest’ spying in real time. AI married to CCTV surveillance in China uses facial recognition and GPS tracking to overlay personal identifying information on people and cars in real time. – CSO Online
- “Skynet”, China’s massive video surveillance network – South China Morning Post
“Safe City”
“Sharp Eyes”
Dragonfly Eyes – Movie Made With Surveillance Video
