Amnesty International slams rise of Argentina’s 'surveillance state'
Amnesty said the government spent at least $1.2 million on surveillance tools used to monitor protesters and critics and curb dissent.
- On Tuesday, Amnesty International Argentina denounced the growing use of surveillance technologies by President Javier Milei's government, citing a new report documenting sweeping institutional reforms to expand intelligence capabilities.
- Between 2024 and 2025, the National Security Ministry spent at least US$1.2 million acquiring surveillance tools including facial recognition and aerial drones while implementing reforms that Amnesty says stifle dissent.
- The report, based on 21 interviews with activists and pensioners, reveals authorities purchased a license for facial-recognition technology from Clearview, a company known for mass biometric data exploitation.
- Jubilados Insurgentes member Ana Tapia described seeing drones hovering during protests, as surveillance creates a chilling effect forcing many to self-censor on social media and reduce political participation.
- Amnesty places the phenomenon within a "global wave of techno-authoritarianism," urging authorities to ban remote biometric recognition technologies for mass surveillance and establish new regulatory frameworks.
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The uncontrolled implementation of surveillance systems based on artificial intelligence is reinforcing a techno-authoritarian infrastructure of social control, says Amnesty International. The post Watching Everyone: Millay's Argentina is heading towards a dystopian techno-authoritarian regime through AI appeared first on in.gr.
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Independent EspañolBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Amnesty International warned Wednesday of the unchecked expansion of surveillance technologies under the government of liberal Javier Milei in Argentina and their negative effects on legally enshrined human rights, such as…
Amnesty International denounced the massive use of cyber-patrol and facial recognition in Argentina during the government of Javier Milei. Learn more.
The rights organisation denounces in a report the "increasing use of surveillance technologies" in Argentina since Javier Milei's arrival in power, with a "dissuasive effect" on freedoms, expression or assembly.
In Argentina, the state is constantly increasing its capacity to monitor the population, particularly through new technologies. This is the assertion of Amnesty International in a new report published on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Institutional reforms, facial recognition, drones at demonstrations, and the acquisition of American surveillance technology: the government of President Javier Milei has dramatically increased its surveillance capabi…
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