在这部大规模监视性武器纪录片片中,英国的监控技术是否帮助镇压了阿拉伯之春?现代监控的空前普及意味着,我们的生活越来越受国家支持的间谍活动的影响。那些不尊重人权的政府,包括那些卷入“阿拉伯之春”的政府,现在正用技术来彻底追踪和平息所有异议的声音。
The digital age has heralded a new unprecedented means of surveillance, and as more of our personal information goes online, more of our lives are subject to state-sponsored espionage. Governments with dubious human rights records are now using mass surveillance technology to thoroughly track and quell any murmurs of dissent - and it is western companies that are providing the technology to do so.