Torin Monahan
@torinmonahan.bsky.social
Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Studies surveillance, tech, platforms. Co-Editor-in-Chief of Surveillance & Society.
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Torin Monahan is co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Surveillance & Society, a former director of the Surveillance Studies Network, and a professor of communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is best known for his work on the social and cultural dimensions of surveillance systems. .. more
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Torin Monahan
@torinmonahan.bsky.social
· Jul 27
Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus
Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...
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🚨New article:🚨 “Flock on Campus: University Police as Appendages of a National Policing Apparatus.” Based on #FOIA requests & reviews of audit logs, this article documents at least 150 colleges & universities using #Flock. Unis have also permitted #ICE searches, even in sanctuary states. #openaccess
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Electromechanical and Electronic Computing
Abstract. Electromechanical computers began to emerge in the late 19th century and reached their apex in the late 1930s and 1940s, culminating in landmark
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Sharing our (Roger Hart & my) just published "Electromechanical and Electronic Computing" (a 14K word synthetic, historical article) in Oxford Research Encycl. in STS. GRATEFUL to editors Rayvon Fouché, @histoftech.bsky.social & @torinmonahan.bsky.social #histtech
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