Scenarios about 'surveillance'
The systematic monitoring of individuals, groups, or populations through various technologies and methods to gather information. Surveillance has evolved from simple human observation to complex digital systems that can track communications, movements, and behaviors, raising tensions between security interests and privacy rights. In alternate histories, variations in surveillance technology and its implementation often reflect different power structures and social values within societies.
What If COINTELPRO Was Never Exposed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the FBI's secret counterintelligence program remained hidden from public view, potentially allowing domestic surveillance to evolve unchecked in American society.
What If The Church Committee Never Investigated Intelligence Agencies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the 1975 Church Committee never exposed the abuses of U.S. intelligence agencies, potentially allowing unchecked surveillance powers to persist and expand into the digital age.
What If The Patriot Act Was Never Passed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where post-9/11 America took a different approach to security and civil liberties, rejecting the expansive surveillance powers granted by the USA PATRIOT Act.
What If European Counter-Terrorism Strategies Developed Differently?
Exploring how Europe's security landscape would have evolved if alternative approaches to counter-terrorism had been adopted in the early 21st century.