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Big Brother: A World Under Surveillance

Big Brother: A World Under Surveillance

More security. Less freedom.

2020•1h 30m•7.9/10
Documentary

Ratings

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7.9/10(14)

Under the pretext of fighting terrorism or crime, the major powers have embarked on a dangerous race for surveillance technologies. Facial recognition cameras, emotion detectors, citizen rating systems, autonomous drones… A security obsession that in some countries is giving rise to a new form of political regime: numerical totalitarianism. Orwell's nightmare.

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Production

ARTE, CAPA

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sylvain Louvet

Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice)

Sandra Bertin

Self - Nice Police Chief

Eylon Etshtein

Self - Anyvision CEO

Isaac ben Israël

Self - Cybersecurity Center Director

Hagar Shezaf

Self - Journalist

Laurent Mucchielli

Self - CNRS Research Director

Christian Estrosi

Self - Nice Mayor

Martin Drago

Self - Lawyer

Neema Giuliani

Self - Lawyer

Clare Garvie

Self - Lawyer

Liz O'Sullivan

Self - Former Clarifai Employee

Chris Jones

Self - Researcher

Alain Wang

Self - Sinologist

Ge Yulu

Self - Artist

Lin Junyue

Self - Social Credit Theorist

Bextiyar Turgun

Self - Uyghur Refugee

Mihrigul Tursun

Self - Uyghur Refugee

Sophie Richardson

Self - Human Rights Activist

Baptiste Robert

Self - Cybersecurity Researcher

Aaron Peskin

Self - Politician

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