Do we support our governments to use strict surveillance methods in the fight against the coronavirus?
Keziah Akhigbemen, Ade Bakare, Hollie Bingham, Eloise Crossland, Matthew Cupac, Molly Jones, Darill Zeng Liew, Shaunna McIvor, Katerina Nicosia, Pooja Raval, Chris Shipley, Iona Smith, Brandon Swift, Will Tyson, Leonie Williams · Journal of Global Faultlines · 2020
Chinese-style surveillance is coming to a neighborhood near you.From drones barking orders at park-goers to tracing people's movements through mobile phones, the governments all over the world are now rushing to embrace sophisticated surveillance tools that would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago.Unprecedented use of surveillance technology, such as the use of tracking bands by the Hong Kong government or phone tracking by the Taiwanese government to ensure self-quarantining patients do not leave their homes, are indeed accepted by the local population, since they believe the fight against the coronavirus is a collective effort and believe in sacrificing these freedoms momentarily for the collective good.