Mathilde Floch, MediaLab of France Télévisions
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 4:24 am
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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.
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.