What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The Panopticon Olympics
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🗓️ 28 July 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
How France changed its own laws to have the safest, most pervasively surveilled Olympics ever—and why some are worried the new security system will stay in place long after the games end.
Guests:
Anne Toomey McKenna, professor, author, and expert in electronic surveillance.
Henry Grabar, covering the Olympics in Paris for Slate.
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