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Photography has long been complicit in these systems, used to surveil, categorise, and justify power.
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Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
What To Know Japan's Foreign Ministry announced the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the French Navy conducted operations to monitor and surveil illicit activities by North Korean ships from early to mid-October and from mid-October to mid-November, respectively.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Using those tools to surveil political opponents would chill lawful protest and erode civil liberties.
—Jason M. Blazakis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
Former Des Plaines officer Mike Albrecht recalled to NBC Chicago that when police were assigned to surveil Gacy after Piest's disappearance, the part-time clown would try to pal around with officers and invite them into his house.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
What To Know Japan's Foreign Ministry announced the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and the French Navy conducted operations to monitor and surveil illicit activities by North Korean ships from early to mid-October and from mid-October to mid-November, respectively.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Using those tools to surveil political opponents would chill lawful protest and erode civil liberties.
—Jason M. Blazakis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
Former Des Plaines officer Mike Albrecht recalled to NBC Chicago that when police were assigned to surveil Gacy after Piest's disappearance, the part-time clown would try to pal around with officers and invite them into his house.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveil. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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