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COVID-19 testing center employee lay offs

Laid off COVID-19 testing-site workers search for new jobs as surveillance testing ends

Fiona Broadie May 1, 2022
As COVID-19 surveillance testing comes to an end, testing site workers prepare to be laid off.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: We should be wary of digital cities

Editors September 16, 2021
The digital city is rapidly approaching, but it may introduce more problems than it solves.
Boston mayoral candidates John Barros, Andrea Campbell, Kim Janey, Annissa Essaibi George, Jon Santiago and Michelle Wu at the Suffolk County House of Corrections May 28. The candidates addressed criminal justice reform, mental health resources and more at their first in-person mayoral forum. COURTESY OF PETER VAN DELFT

Suffolk County Sheriff Department holds first in-person 2021 mayoral forum

Madison Mercado June 2, 2021
Six Boston mayoral candidates debated in the first in-person forum of the year last Wednesday.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Community tactics that utilize home surveillance present dangers of vigilantism, racism

Editors April 20, 2021
Security cameras could potentially create a safer environment, but it also comes with many pitfalls.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Remote work allows more accessibility, but poses risk for overworking, increasing disparity

Editors March 5, 2021
We don’t exactly know how increasing permanent remote work will impact the workforce — though it certainly comes with a number of risks and faults. But if employers can implement healthy practices and anticipate the technological needs of their employees, it could be an evolution for the better.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Concepts of terrorism

Bini Ollivier-Yamin January 24, 2021
It’s important the crowd of mangy white supremacists who broke into the Capitol a few weeks ago are labeled as terrorists. But do the same for the cops letting them into the building and posing for selfies, the cops participating in the insurrection and the cops who engage in acts of terrrorism on the daily.
EDITORIAL: Robert Kraft case illuminates ethical dilemma around surveillance

EDITORIAL: Robert Kraft case illuminates ethical dilemma around surveillance

Editors September 22, 2020
Prosecutors decided not to appeal a court ruling that disqualifies video evidence allegedly showing Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, paying for sexual acts in a Florida massage parlor. Was the police surveillance justifiable? Not exactly.
OLIVIER: Are smartphones smarter than we think?

OLIVIER: Are smartphones smarter than we think?

Kaitlyn Olivier September 20, 2016

Governed almost entirely by the infinite possibilities of this age’s technological advancements, we’ve fallen victim to the seduction of the smartphone. Our iPhones and Androids are no longer simply...

OLIVIER: One nation, under surveillance

OLIVIER: One nation, under surveillance

Kaitlyn Olivier September 11, 2016

The instant you feel you’re at last unplugged from the outside world, you’re wrong. When you think you’re alone in the comfort of your home, with nothing but the glow of your computer screen and...

Executive Director of the Muslim Justice League Shannon Erwin speaks during the “Resisting Surveillance: Racial & Religious Profiling in Boston & Beyond” panel at the First Church of Roxbury Tuesday evening. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Panelists discuss racial, religious profiling

Kennedy Davis November 18, 2015

Hundreds gathered at the First Church in Roxbury Tuesday for the “Resisting Surveillance: Racial and Religious Profiling in Boston and Beyond” panel, where advocates discussed racial and religious...

Cameras were installed along Commonwealth Avenue, Bay State Road and South Campus over the summer by the Boston University Police Department, which continues to enhance safety on campus and looks to increase student awareness of these efforts. PHOTO BY FALON MORAN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students unaware of cameras installed on campus

Mina Corpuz November 20, 2014

Despite efforts by the Boston University Police Department to inform the student body, students are ultimately unaware of safety initiatives on campus, including the installation of security cameras...

EDIT: Secret Surveillance

EDIT: Secret Surveillance

Editors November 7, 2014

Everyone groans on the first day of lecture when the teacher announces he or she will be taking attendance each class, but perhaps signing an attendance sheet is preferable to being photographed entering...

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