Mathilde Floch, MediaLab of France Télévisions

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Fear of terrorism and now of the coronavirus are fueling the shift of our societies towards ultra-surveillance.

Although everything often begins with simple band database experiments, the documentary "Tous surveillés" – a co-production of ARTE France and CAPA Presse – warns of the dangers of the race for surveillance technologies caused by security psychosis.

Sylvain Louvet and Ludovic Gaillard investigate the construction of a global " digital totalitarianism " and the way in which China, the United States and France are massively equipping themselves with population surveillance technologies.

A topical documentary at a time when many fear that the tracing systems put in place during the crisis will continue over time.

Local experiments, first steps in the shift towards a surveillance society.

At the origin of this project: Sylvain Louvet's awareness of Chinese remote surveillance experiments in Xinjiang and the importance of Uighur detention camps , then the observation that this dazzling development of surveillance technologies is a fundamental movement, which is accelerating and knows no borders.

When a technological experiment has proven its effectiveness, it is almost certain that it will continue over time, with the risk that it will be used for other, less "noble" purposes.