Surveillance: Feminist Perspectives Urgently Required Dossier Since 9/11, especially state surveillance, has picked up speed again. It has been discussed more and more since Edward Snowden. Security and freedom for some are only available at the expense of lack of freedom for others. This dossier shows critical feminist, intersectional perspectives on current surveillance practices.
Under Surveillance: Cameras at every intersection Even in 2018, most queers know something about hiding. We know why you don’t have to be a criminal to need the cover of darkness. So do refugees and migrants, people with dark skin, and people who wear hijabs or turbans. By Dia Kayali
A shift in digital borders Mobile phone checks spying on refugees and the unemployed on social networks, automated monitoring systems: the broadening of surveillance systems is massively impacting sections of the population, forcing them, and eventually all of us, into marginalization. By Sonja Peteranderl
Who actually owns the data on social networks? Many users put their content online for all to see. This means that not only other private users but also secret services and law enforcement authorities can easily exploit the data. But companies play an important role, too. By Valie Djordjevic
Surveillance Intersectional: historical continuities The surveillance of women and their bodies has a long-standing tradition. The intersectional perspective of these historical lines shifts the focus from individual surveillance technologies and practices applied by states and corporations to power relations that underpin surveillance. By Nicole Shephard
Social Sorting as a Tool for Surveillance The female body is constantly under surveillance - in private spaces as well as in public. Surveillance is about power. It is not just about a violation of privacy, but also an issue of social sorting. By Shmyla Khan
Feminist Digital Politics Feminist digital policy refers to the approach of looking at digital technologies and policy decisions from a feminist perspective and ensuring that the benefits of digital technologies are accessible to all people and do not reinforce existing inequalities. The aim is to promote digital participation of marginalized groups, support gender equality and combat discrimination and violence related to digital technologies.
The Regulation of Online-harassment Violent communication has relevant effects on queer feminist internet activism. This article focuses on options and necessities of regulating such forms of violent anti-feminist and racist communication. How to prevent or to stop violent online-communication? By Gitti Hentschel and Francesca Schmidt
Feminist net politics - Perspectives and scope for action This study, the main aspects of which have been published here, was compiled in 2012 on behalf of the Gunda Werner Institute for Feminism and Gender Democracy. It outlines perspectives in queer-feminist net politics, summarizes existent gender policy approaches with regard to net politics, and describes the relevant fields from a feminist perspective. By Kathrin Ganz