[F]law School Episode 1: “Suppression by Surveillance”
How Corporate Technologies Fuel Crackdowns on College Protests
In the first episode of [F]law School, Jessenia Class speaks with Sam Perri and Reya Singh about how invasive surveillance technology put protestors and student organizers in precarious positions for the sake of corporate profit.
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Summary:
As campus protests swept the nation last spring, invasive surveillance technology put protestors and student organizers
in precarious positions. Through targeted fear-mongering, tech surveillance companies changed cities’ and university’s perceptions of activism. From racially-biased facial recognition to predatory cell towers, corporations stripped protestors of constitutionally protected speech and manifestations of democracy for profit. In this episode, Jessenia Class joins Sam Perri and Reya Singh to break down protest suppression tactics, corporations’ tactics for dodging accountability, and the importance of storytelling as a pathway to justice.
Guest Bio:
Jessenia Class is a law student at Harvard Law School and a graduate of Harvard College. Before law school, Jessenia was a program associate at an organization that engaged in public interest law and philanthropy.
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