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404 Media · · International · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

A report from 404 Media examines how surveillance persists or adapts despite legal, technical, or policy barriers meant to limit it.

Why this matters: Surveillance does not stop because a law changes or a tool gets banned. It finds a workaround. That pattern matters because most people assume a court ruling or a policy fix closes the door. It rarely does. The real question is not whether a specific surveillance method is legal today. It is who keeps watching when the rules shift and whether anyone is checking.

Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy

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