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SUSPECT YOUR NEIGHBOURS? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT!

Ahead of this Summer's 2012 Olympics, the UK Police have been upping the stakes in surveillance and pre-emptive policing. A new phone app, Facewatch encourages people to identify anonymous criminals from their neighbourhood. A move compared by Evgeny Morozov to the way that Iranian police posted pictures on the internet of unidentified troublemakers after the 2009 elections. For another view on the Olympics visit and vote for the company that is "is covering up the most environmental destruction and devastating the most communities while pretending to be a good corporate citizen by sponsoring the Olympic games?" at Greenwash Gold.

Image by Greenwash Gold, 2012