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How is surveillance impacting human rights and civil liberties around the world?

Elvia Peinke

Surveillance is when people or organizations watch and monitor what other people are doing. This can have an impact on human rights and civil liberties, which are the things that protect people's freedom and equality.

Sometimes surveillance can be helpful, like when it helps the police catch bad guys who are breaking the law. But other times, surveillance can be a bad thing. For example, if a government is watching everyone all the time, people might feel like they can't speak their minds or criticize the government without getting in trouble. This can be a violation of people's right to free speech and free expression.

Surveillance can also be used to unfairly target and discriminate against certain groups of people, like people of a certain race or religion. This is not fair and can be a violation of people's right to be treated equally.

Some people worry that too much surveillance can lead to a "Big Brother" type of world, where people are monitored and controlled all the time. This is not a good thing for human rights and civil liberties.

It's important for people to be aware of surveillance and to speak up if they feel like their rights are being violated. We should all work together to make sure that surveillance is used in a fair and just way that protects people's rights.