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Here is the report (pdf).

Serbian authorities have adopted invasive surveillance practices and facial recognition technology to monitor political opponents, civic activists and critical journalists, says a BIRN report entitled ‘Digital Surveillance in Serbia – A Threat to Human Rights?’, published on Friday.

Equipment from Chinese manufacturers, such as Dahua and Hickvision, predominates.

Serbia’s aspirations for EU membership mean that it faces pressure to adhere to EU standards on data protection and privacy as well as cybersecurity. However, Serbia has simultaneously strengthened ties with authoritarian countries, especially China and Russia.

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    5 months ago

    That shady, in America these systems are used to “monitor criminals”

    Serbia could learn something here IMHO

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      4 months ago

      Wait until Trump gets reelected, then the American “criminal monitoring” systems will be used to target political dissident too. Similar thing already happening in Hungary, except Orbán is currently forced to pretend he still a supporter of democracy.

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        4 months ago
        1. U missed sarcasm
        2. We don’t need trump elected this shit started at the latest with patriot act

        So we are already there… No need to worry about trump, dear ;)