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EU: Towards a Surveillant Society: The Rise of Surveillance Systems in Europe by Thomas Mathiesen

09 August 2013

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"A most timely publication in view of current concerns about snooping. Thomas Mathiesen describes how the major databases of Europe have become interlinked and accessible to diverse organizations and third States; meaning that, largely unchallenged, a ‘Surveillance Monster’ now threatens rights, freedoms, democracy and the Rule of Law."

Towards a Surveillant Society: The Rise of Surveillance Systems in Europe by Thomas Mathiesen

"Brings into the light the hidden effects of [surveillance and warns] of the need for vigilance’: Tony Bunyan, Director, Statewatch.

‘A timely and highly troubling analysis [ which] reinforces alarm regarding a panoptical globe’: Andrew Rutherford.

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