2018
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v16i1.6402
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Crowdsourced Countersurveillance: A Countersurveillant Assemblage?

Abstract: Speed camera ‘traps’, random breath testing (RBT) stations, and other forms of mobile traffic surveillance have long been circumvented by motorists. However, as technologies for traffic surveillance have developed, so too have technologies enabling individuals to monitor and countersurveil these measures. One of the most recent forms of these countersurveillance platforms can be found on Facebook, where dedicated regional and national RBT and ‘police presence’ pages publicly post the locations of various forms… Show more

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“…The project emerged in 2018 within an established ecosystem of activist organizations and projects, predominantly "driven by activists from marginalized communities," and "was born out of opposition towards new legislation to increase police powers in Bavaria." Much like some forms of what Wood and Thompson (2018) call "crowdsourced countersurveillance," Cop Map utilized an interactive map that members of the community populated by indicating where the police have been seen (although it has now become essentially a map of static CCTV locations, after use decreased). Within the project, sousveillance "subverts police surveillance and disrupts the internalized assumptions on who or what qualifies as 'dangerous.'"…”
Section: Dialoguementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The project emerged in 2018 within an established ecosystem of activist organizations and projects, predominantly "driven by activists from marginalized communities," and "was born out of opposition towards new legislation to increase police powers in Bavaria." Much like some forms of what Wood and Thompson (2018) call "crowdsourced countersurveillance," Cop Map utilized an interactive map that members of the community populated by indicating where the police have been seen (although it has now become essentially a map of static CCTV locations, after use decreased). Within the project, sousveillance "subverts police surveillance and disrupts the internalized assumptions on who or what qualifies as 'dangerous.'"…”
Section: Dialoguementioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, examining Twitter use during the 2009 G20 protests, Earl, McKee Hurwitz, Mejia Mesinas, Tolan, and Arlotti () found that protesters used Twitter to organize meeting spots and circumvent police actions, releasing up‐to‐date information regarding police whereabouts and tactics (see also Bonilla & Rosa, ; Gerbaudo, ; Ray et al, ). As such examples indicate, any advantage the police once had over the control of information has been diminished (Bradshaw, ; Wood & Thompson, ). While digital activism is often contrasted with “real” activism and disparaged as too ephemeral and solipsistic, such examples reveal how online and offline activities can be interlocking and interdependent.…”
Section: The Public's Use Of Social Media: Countersurveillance and Nementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The random breath-testing (RBT) Facebook pages investigated by Wood and Thompson (2018) as examples of 'crowdsourced' counter-surveillance (and parts of a countersurveillant assemblage) typify the oppositional application of Facebook's economic surveillant structure. That is, these pages adopt the structure and obey the policy set out…”
Section: Counter-surveillancementioning
confidence: 99%