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As well as enforcing quarantine measures,
the law also allows the authorities to force people to be
vaccinated, even though there is currently no vaccination
for the virus.”
Denmark rushes through emergency coronavirus law, (The
Local, 13/3/20)
During the state of emergency, people will
only be allowed out on to public streets for the following
reasons: to buy food, basic or pharmaceutical items; to
attend medical centres; to go to and from work …”
Spain orders nationwide lockdown to battle coronavirus
(The Guardian, 14/3/20)
Police are patrolling the streets to ensure
we only leave our homes for work and health-related reasons
… we must fill and carry certificates stating our reasons.
If caught out without a certificate, we will be fined and
face up to three months in jail.”
LIFE UNDER ITALY’S CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN, (Newsweek,
13/3/20)
“We are going to take the powers to make
sure that we can quarantine people if they are a risk to
public health, yes, and that’s important.”
Police to arrest Brits with coronavirus who ignore
quarantine (Metro, 15/3/20)
If you want to leave the house, you now have
to print off a document to explain to police your timing,
destination and motive.”Orderly,
dour, cowed: how my beloved Italy is changed by coronavirus(The
Guardian, 15/3/20)
There are also plans for soldiers to protect
quarantine zones with the police, if that ever came into
force.”Coronavirus:
Thousands of armed forces staff could be put on standby over
COVID-19 spread, (Sky News, 16/3/20)
Israel has authorized the country’s internal
security agency to tap into a vast and previously
undisclosed trove of cellphone data to retrace the movements
of people who have contracted the coronavirus and identify
others who should be quarantined…”
To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of
Cellphone Data, (NYT, 16/3/20)
“We are at war – a public health war,
certainly but we are at war, against an invisible and
elusive enemy,” Macron said, outlawing all journeys outside
the home … anyone flouting the new regulations would be
punished, he said.”
Coronavirus: France imposes lockdown as EU calls for 30-day
travel ban, (The Guardian, 16/3/20)
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“The interior minister, Christophe Castaner,
said 100,000 police officers would be deployed to enforce
the lockdown … Macron said that if necessary, the government
would legislate by decree …”
France ‘at war’: how Parisians are coping with life under
lockdown, (The Guardian, 17/3/20)
We will intervene where necessary to make
sure that people respect the confinement decree.”
Italy records its deadliest day of coronavirus outbreak with
475 deaths (The Guardian, 18/3/20)
The Ministry of Defence is to double the
size of the military’s civil contingency unit to create a
20,000-strong Covid support force … the armed forces need to
be prepared for the threat of a breakdown in civil order.”
10,000 extra troops to join British army’s Covid support
force (The Guardian, 18/3/20)
“The new force — made up of 10,000 military
personnel who are regularly deployed to civilian activities,
plus an extra 10,000 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic —
has been placed at ‘high readiness’.”
UK armed forces prepare 20,000 troops to help in crisis
(Financial Times)
We have the ability to do martial law … if
we feel the necessity.”
Coronavirus: California prepared to enact martial law if its
a ‘necessity’, governor says (Yahoo News)
Police and immigration officials would be
able to place people in ‘appropriate isolation facilities’
under plans.”
Coronavirus: Sweeping emergency powers announced (BBC,
18/3/20)
Standby orders were issued more than three
weeks ago to ready these plans, not just to protect
Washington but also to prepare for the possibility of some
form of martial law.”
Exclusive: Inside The Military’s Top Secret Plans If
Coronavirus Cripples the Government (Newsweek, 18/3/20)
Twitter will remove tweets that run the risk
of causing harm by spreading dangerous misinformation about
Covid-19 … it will be applying a new broader definition of
harm to address content that goes directly against guidance
from authoritative sources.”
Twitter to remove harmful fake news about coronavirus
(The Guardian, 19/3/20)
“Some 100,000 police have fanned out across
France to enforce the lockdown, with people allowed out of
their homes only to buy groceries, go to work, exercise
alone or seek medical help.”
Woman bundled to ground by police for breaking lockdown in
Paris (Metro, 19/3/20)
He is in a specially cleaned area designated
for those who should be self-isolating.” Minister Quayle
said, “we cannot allow our critical health services to
become overwhelmed and must have the means to prosecute
those who choose to act irresponsibly.”
Coronavirus: No prosecution for man who ‘failed to
self-isolate’, (BBC, 20/3/20)
Dane County, Wisconsin residents now have a
method to report violations of the governor’s ban on
gatherings of 10 or more people.”
Dane County sets up website to report gatherings of 10 or
more people, (WKOW, 19/3/20)
Germany’s 83 million citizens have been told
they risk being confined to their homes from Monday unless
they behave responsibly this weekend.”
Coronavirus: Italy and Spain record highest single-day death
tolls, (The Guardian, 20/3/20)
These [social restrictions] would need to be
in place for at least most of a year. Under such as policy,
at least half of the year would be spent under the stricter
social distancing measures.”
Social distancing may need to go on for almost 12 months
(Independent, 20/3/20)
The government has now agreed that the
military can be used to help enforce the lockdown.”
Italy calls in military to enforce coronavirus lockdown,
(CNN, 20/3/20)
As of Wednesday, the camps have been locked
down from 7pm to 7am. In the daytime, only one person is
allowed out per family, and the police control their
movements.”
Fears of catastrophe as Greece puts migrant camps into
lockdown, (The Guardian, 21/3/20)
The National Guard is expecting a rapid
increase in unit activations over the next few weeks,
leaders said at the Pentagon Thursday, filling roles like
coronavirus testing and potentially law enforcement.”
Guard activations expected to rapidly increase, could be
used for law enforcement, (Military Times, 19/3/20)
[T]he U.S. military is preparing forces to
assume a larger role in the coronavirus response, including
the controversial mission of quelling ‘civil disturbances’
…”
INSIDE THE U.S. MILITARY’S PLANS TO STOP ‘CIVIL
DISTURBANCES’ AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, (Newsweek,
20/3/20)
These provisions will be enforced … the
violation of any provision of [the] order constitutes an
imminent threat and creates an immediate menace to public
health.”
Here’s what a ‘stay home’ order means for New York, (The
Guardian, 21/3/20)
‘When MK Yoav Kish (Likud) sought to clarify
whether she meant a total lockdown or curfew, Sadetsky
replied … “A lockdown and personal monitoring of people, and
a total halt to personal freedoms.”’
‘Total Suspension of Individual Freedom’: Inside Israel’s
Secret Coronavirus Debate (Haaretz, 19/3/20)
“A final option: ‘Permanent changes in our
behavior that allow us to keep transmission rates low’ …
that could include strict policies of testing and quarantine
for anyone who comes down with COVID-19 — or even long-term
bans on large gatherings.”
Coronavirus ‘exit strategy’ could be months — or years —
away, (New York Post, 21/3/20)
The Justice Department has quietly asked
Congress for the ability to ask chief judges to detain
people indefinitely without trial during emergencies — part
of a push for new powers that comes as the coronavirus
spreads through the United States.”
DOJ seeks new emergency powers amid coronavirus pandemic,
(Politico, 21/3/20)
Germany has issued a “contact ban, limiting
interactions of more than 2 people … there will be fines of
up to €25,000 for those not keeping a 2 meter distance
between people. The measures will be enforced by police and
stay in place until April 19.”
Coronavirus latest: Angela Merkel to quarantine after
meeting infected doctor, (DW, 21/3/20)
The Justice Department is using the COVID-19
outbreak to press for sweeping new powers that include being
able to detain Americans indefinitely without a trial.”
Justice Department Reportedly Asks Congress for Indefinite
Detention Powers To Fight Coronavirus, (Reason, 21/3/20)
Quebec City police have arrested a woman,
who has tested positive for the coronavirus, for being out
in the city’s Limoilou neighbourhood despite being under a
quarantine order.”
Quebec City police arrest COVID-19 patient for defying
quarantine, (CBC, 20/3/20)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he’s
considering his most drastic move yet … moving certain
people at risk to isolation shelters.
DeSantis considers new strategy in Florida coronavirus
fight: isolation shelters, (Miamia Herald, 21/3/20)
From a technological perspective, the
coronavirus pandemic is one massive testbed for surveillance
capitalism … governments are rolling out surveillance
measures, all in the effort to ensure that policies of mass
behaviour modification are successful.”
Coronavirus Could Infect Privacy And Civil Liberties Forever,
(Forbes, 23/3/20)
Counter-terrorism troops have been
redeployed across Italy to beef up police … patrol cars are
circulating in every major city with a voice warning
citizens over a loudspeaker not to leave their residences …
“Go back into your homes,” the voice warns.
Lock the F*ck Down or End Up Like Italy, (Daily Beast,
22/3/20)
Some police departments in California plan
on using drones to enforce a coronavirus lockdown and to, in
part, monitor the homeless population.”
Police in California city consider new ways to use drones
during coronavirus outbreak, (Fox News, 23/3/20)
A woman in Spain was arrested after she was
caught visiting the home of a man she had met on a dating
app, breaking mandatory home confinement rules put in place
due to the coronavirus pandemic.”
WOMAN IN SPAIN ARRESTED FOR BREAKING CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN TO
VISIT MAN SHE MET ON DATING APP, (Newsweek, 23/3/20)
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe gave a
national address to give details of the new rules … [French
citizens] must have their ‘justification’ paper – signed,
dated and with the time they have left home – to show if
stopped by the police or gendarmes.”
Global confirmed Covid-19 cases top 400,000 – as it happened.
(The Guardian, 25/3/20)
“The UK government has sent a mass text
message to as many phones as possible, urging citizens to
stay at home during the coronavirus lockdown: “CORONAVIRUS
ALERT. New rules in force now: you must stay at home. Stay
at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.”
GOVERNMENT SENDS MASS TEXT MESSAGE URGING PEOPLE TO STAY AT
HOME, (Independent, 24/3/20)
The Government is set to publish its
coronavirus bill in Parliament this week. It gives officers
from the police and immigration powers to detain people in
appropriate isolation centres if they are a risk to public
health.”
Coronavirus: New powers to detain those refusing to isolate,
(The Argus, 19/3/20)
Police in Texas are searching for an
18-year-old girl who claimed to have tested positive for and
to be ‘willfully spreading’ the coronavirus … the teenager
faces a charge of making a terroristic threat.”
Texas teen faces terrorism charge for threatening to spread
coronavirus, police say, NBC, 7/4/20)
America’s top coronavirus expert has warned
Covid-19 is the new normal – and that the killer virus might
never go away.”
Top coronavirus expert warns killer virus may be ‘new
normal’ and never go away , (Metro, 7/4/20)
“Security officers in several African
countries have been beating, harassing and, in some cases,
killing people as they enforce measures aimed at preventing
the spread of Covid-19.”
Coronavirus in Africa: Emergency laws v individual rights,
(BBC, 9/4/20)
“World Health Organization executive
director Dr. Michael Ryan said surveillance is part of
what’s required for life to return to normal in a world
without a vaccine.”
After coronavirus, AI could be central to our new normal,
(Venture Beat, 8/4/20)
“White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s
task force has reached out to a range of health technology
companies about creating a national coronavirus surveillance
system …”
Kushner’s team seeks national coronavirus surveillance
system, (Politico, 7/4/20)
East Asian countries have demonstrated that
a robust regime of surveillance is essential to fighting a
pandemic. Western democracies must rise to meet the need for
‘democratic surveillance’ to protect their own populations.”
Coronavirus and the Future of Surveillance, (Foreign
Affairs, 6/4/20)
It’s an extraordinary moment that might call
for extraordinary surveillance methods.”
PRIVACY EXPERTS SAY RESPONSIBLE CORONAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE IS
POSSIBLE, (The Intercept, 2/4/20)
Australia will deploy helicopters, set up
police checkpoints and hand out hefty fines to deter people
from breaking an Easter travel ban … Police said they will
block roads and use number plate recognition technology to
catch those infringing the bans.”
Confirmed worldwide Covid-19 death toll passes 100,000
(The Guardian, 11/4/20)
Officers say they responded to a synagogue
in Monsey after receiving complaints. They found 30-50 men
praying together. Eight were arrested for disorderly
conduct. Police say they will arrest more people if the
gatherings continue.”
8 Arrested In Monsey For Violating Social Distancing
Emergency Orders, (CBS, 9/4/20)
‘These drones will be around the City with
an automated message from the Mayor telling you to STOP
gathering, disperse and go home,’ the police department
said.”
Coronavirus Surveillance Is Entering Dystopian Territory,
(Vanity Fair, 9/4/20)
Our law-enforcement agencies, politicians and corporate
overlords are working hard, night and day, to protect us from
this terrible disease. Consider sparing a thought for our brave
boys in black this evening during your allotted compulsory
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