Stop the Spies NZ

stopthespies.nz - A campaign to abolish the spy agencies. Get NZ out of the #FVEY & end the UKUSA Agreement

[NZ Civil Liberties @CivilLibertyNZ]

Come along and join us for an informal chat about all things civil liberties, with a focus on facial recognition. From 6pm, Tuesday 4th in a booth somewhere at the Southern Cross Bar in Wellington. https://t.co/lUSBnpaSD0

[Big Brother Watch @BigBrotherWatch]

⚠️Your reminder that Clearview AI has scraped BILLIONS of images of every one of us from the internet, without our permission.

Facial recognition used as a mass surveillance tool like this has a serious, irreversible impact on all of our privacy.

https://t.co/29kTgUi5gt

[NZ Civil Liberties @CivilLibertyNZ]

'Shock and awe' is a terrible way to make law. The government is giving itself incredibly broad powers over flood-damaged areas, and has allowed just one day for people to make submissions. https://t.co/h29zBN8M4a

[People Against Prisons Aotearoa @againstprisons]

Final reminder: please take 2 minutes to fill in our survey about search and surveillance in Aotearoa, especially if you or someone you know has personal experience. We would like to have public input in by Monday next week. The link is here: https://t.co/8Zo39ThrCX

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

Covid-19: Vaccination certificates raise questions of privacy and trust https://t.co/RJK04zQzg7

[NZ Civil Liberties @CivilLibertyNZ]

On Saturday we wrote about Vaccination Certificates to the Prime Minister and Chris Hipkins to demand they release the advice they've received and shared. https://t.co/U4MVghd9eS

Here's some questions that journalists might want to ask them:

[NZ Civil Liberties @CivilLibertyNZ]

Vaccine passports - a step on the way to a "papers please" surveillance society? https://t.co/YgDr6iEeoN

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

We need to understand inequalities of COVID-19 vaccine access for #VaccinePassport privileged people from privileged countries. Some countries will even open borders to privileged tourist because it’s good for the economy, regardless of vaccination status of their own population

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

@Amnesty report on AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer refusal to participate in initiatives to boost global vaccine supply.

There is a deliberate disparity of access to vaccines both within and between countries https://t.co/a2QAiqcQfT

[Anjum Rahman @kiwistargazer]

We're about to pass a bill using this.
"I suggested we quit the disastrous CVE approach to focus on making our societies more inclusive & hopeful, thereby addressing many social problems at once, & simultaneously avoiding the stigma of accusing communities of potential terrorism"

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

@BigBrotherWatch We can look at history of Yellow Fever vaccination certificates in southern US to see how those vaccine passes threw the door open to further discrimination https://t.co/mesOzYBnpQ

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

Event 'Civil Liberties in a Crisis: the left case against Covid IDs' is being held by @BigBrotherWatch Monday 27/9/21. #vaccinepassports could become the key to access both work & social life; they will create further inequalities & discrimination. And will embed bio surveillance

[Big Brother Watch @BigBrotherWatch]

#CovidPasses are the nightmare that many on the left feared Blair's ID cards would become - domestic permits loaded with sensitive personal data, throwing the door open to discrimination

Join us at the Old Ship Hotel, 2 – 5pm, to discuss the left's response to this crisis.

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

COVID is an extraordinary time but the introduction of domestic #vaccinepassports is also extraordinary. The decision cannot be a simplistic choice btw surviving COVID & ‘the return to normal’ vs future long-term effect of normalising state surveillance. https://t.co/URwyngTZer

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

NZ plans to have #VaccinePassports by end of 2021, as a fait accompli. Already we have mandatory scanning with no safeguards as govt says we can rely on police promise not to access the data! Read work by @privacyint on some of the key issues around vaccine passes

[Privacy International @privacyint]

As countries around the world continue/start to roll out #COVID19 vaccination programmes, many questions remain about associated documentation and certificates in terms of their design, purpose(s) and use(s).

Safeguards need to be in place to protect people & their rights.

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill passes second reading. The Regulatory Impact criticised bill for lack of consultation with Māori & Select Cttee said no consultation with Māori has taken place since the regulatory impact analyses were completed. https://t.co/zqRk84rrsO

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

Anti-terror law back before Parliament today. The people that will feel the brunt of this Bill will still be those from over-policed, over-surveilled, over-criminalised communities. https://t.co/9mXQOAXS2d

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

#vaccinepassport "There's been more than 20 yrs of rampant surveillance creep due to so-called national security. Now when a genuine measure for public safety...is needed, people rightly assume the govt will misuse it" says First Dog on the Moon. https://t.co/CjzPZQKCO3

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

@teanau_tuiono @philipsophy Agree with @teanau_tuiono, this is a great opportunity to get out of #FVEY

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

What will we be talking about two decades after the first wave of COVID?
@Snowden discusses how anti-terror legislation & procedures were a reaction to 9/11. #VaccinePassports are a reaction to COVID & have chilling surveillance implications. On a scale that is unprecedented.

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

The two decades since 9/11 have been a litany of American destruction by way of American self-destruction, with secret policies, secret laws, secret courts, and secret wars the US government has repeatedly denied, disclaimed, and distorted.

https://t.co/2axwvdzxPr

[Stop the Spies NZ @StoptheSpiesNZ]

Facebook can know everything about all you do, all you read, and all you know and now Facebook can know all you see and hear.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Facebook launched its first smart glasses in a step toward its aim of offering augmented-reality spectacles https://t.co/Agwg9w60WB 🕶️