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British Universities Paid Security Firm to ‘Spy’ on Pro-Palestine Students
The firm trawled social media and produced secret threat assessments for campus protest monitoring, with universities paying at least £443,943 since 2022.
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UK Universities, Including Oxford, Used Private Firm To Track Activism, Including Pro-Palestine Protests
A joint investigation alleges 12 UK universities paid Horus Security Consultancy over 4,40,000 Poound to monitor student protests using open-source data. Reports included references to activists and academics, raising privacy concerns. Universities say the work focused on public safety and did not involve surveillance or sharing student data. UK Universities, Including Oxford, Used Private Firm To Track Activism, Including Pro-Palestine Protests.
UK varsities spying on pro-Palestine students? 12 universities paid over £440,000 to security firm - Report
UK News: A shocking investigation reveals twelve UK universities have paid over £440,000 to a security firm for surveillance on student activists and academics, sparking concerns over freedom of expression and privacy.
Washington - London - Arabic Jerusalem: The discovery of a joint investigation conducted by the English island and Liberty Investigtus provoked intense anger and criticism, after it was found that some 12 universities in the United Kingdom had used a security company run by former military intelligence agents to monitor students in solidarity with Palestine.
UK universities spent £440k on private intelligence to monitor pro-Palestine students: Report
New Delhi: A massive joint investigation by Al Jazeera English and Liberty Investigates has just pulled back the curtain on how some of the UK’s most elite universities are keeping tabs on their own students. As per the reports, twelve institutions including prestigious ones like Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London have been paying a private security firm to monitor campus activism with a heavy focus on pro-Palestine demonstrations. The inv…
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