This is What a Police State Looks Like: Sousveillance, Direct Action and the Anti-corporate Globalization Movement

Crime and Justice in Digital Society: Towards a ‘Digital Criminology’?

“…Governments caught by judicial bodies in activities that have identified serious breaches of privacy, due process and individual liberties have further intensifying the critique of these programs (Bauman et al 2014;Margulies 2013). As the opportunities for criminologists to explore digital technologies and surveillance expand, so too has the pervasive nature of countersurveillances through a digital evolution developed whereby agents of power within criminal justice systems are increasingly tracked, documented and held accountable for their actions and responsibilities (Bradshaw 2013;Marx 2003;McGrath 2004). In addition to surveillance of the powerful, the digital society allows for peer-to-peer or lateral digital surveillance which monitors crime from collectives rather than from positions of privilege (Smyth 2012;Trottier 2012).…”

Watching the watchmen: resisting drones and the "protester panopticon"

“…In order to unpack this attempt to exercise power, this article draws upon Foucault (1994:329), who observed that "in order to understand what power relations are about, perhaps we should investigate the forms of resistance and attempts made to dissociate these relations". While power relations between protesters and police at the terrestrial level of the protest have been unpacked by academics such as Goldsmith (2010) and Bradshaw (2013), for instance, this article builds upon this work by adding the aerial dimension to the protest volume.…”

“…The protest has long been the site of changing power relations, with protester adoption of new technologies, such as cameras, mobile phones and social media, all prompting reaction and resistance from the police (Bradshaw, 2013;O'Rourke, 2011;Neumayer and Stald, 2014). This article takes this contestation of power from the terrestrial dimension and lifts it to the aerial, exploring not the traditional police utilisation of the aerial but the protester adoption of the aerial domain for surveillance of the police through the use of drones.…”

Watching the Watchers and McLuhan's Tetrad: The Limits of Cop-Watching in the Internet Age

“…Watching the police, then, is a form of videoactivism where citizens attempt to expose deviant police behavior, monitor routine interactions between citizens and the police, and to challenge the largely unidirectional gaze of surveillance (Jones and Raymond 2012;Wilson and Serisier 2010). For these activists, the internet serves as a valuable tool to share information about their goals and political philosophy (Bradshaw 2013) as well as guides formonitoring the police safely and legally (ACLU 2012;Huey et al 2006). Harding (1998: 83) suggests the rise of video activism developed from three trends: "the emergence of a vibrant form of activism, the availability of camcorders, and the failure of mainstream media to adequately cover the boom in mainstream politics."…”

“…These technologies also can be used to control authorities, but canbe used by authorities to limit and control the protestors as well (Shaw 2013). Finally, Bradshaw (2013) shows how global justice activists use Indymedia to disseminate information about their goals and philosophy of their movement.…”