This week's net.wars, "Borderlines" reviews the 2023 documentary Phantom Parrot as it begins screening in the UK, where "phantom parrot" is a mobile phone #surveillance program enabled by Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/03/15/borderlines/ #NetWars #PhantomParrot #documentaries #movies

In UK cinemas from today, #PhantomParrot uncovers a top-secret surveillance programme to copy personal data at airports and border crossings using anti-terror laws.

Read our interview with the director, Kate Stonehill https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/interview-with-the-director-of-phantom-parrot/

ORG will be at several of the screenings with representatives on the panel for the Q&A sessions that follow.

Don't miss this documentary on #technology, #surveillance and #structuralracism.

Book now https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/

#PhantomParrot hits UK cinemas this month. I spoke to the film's award-winning director, Kate Stonehill. The film unravels a secret British surveillance programme, asking unsettling questions about the rule of law, modern espionage and digital privacy.
Our interview is out now 
#surveillance #documentary #ukpolitics #privacy #digitalrights #film https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/interview-with-the-director-of-phantom-parrot/

The groundbreaking documentary #PhantomParrot hits UK cinemas this month.

We spoke to the film's award-winning director, Kate Stonehill, about how technology redefines the relationship between citizen and the State.

The film unravels a secret British surveillance programme, asking unsettling questions about the rule of law, modern espionage and digital privacy.

Our interview is out now

#surveillance #documentary #ukpolitics #privacy #digitalrights #film

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/interview-with-the-director-of-phantom-parrot/