The end of democracy: how the government spies on its own citizens
Government hires firm to monitor New Zealanders’ social media to inform Covid-19 response Stuff, 1 May, 2022 A company commissioned by the government has been monitoring social media comments about the Covid-19 response for almost two years, reporting back every four days. Documents released to RNZ show Annalect surveilled public comments on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and other sites, about current topics like ‘Covid response’, ‘virus’, ‘vaccine rollout’, ‘economy’, ‘business and consumers’, ‘contact tracing’ and ‘team of five million’, posted by…