According to Ball and Snider (2013), the surveillance-industrial complex is the expansion of surveillance in the every day lives of people through military means. As Hache and Snider defend, surveillance-industrial complex is essential for human right defenders and activists. Surveillance can help track down and limit harassers, and controlling data on the internet.
Ball, K., and Snider, L. (2013). The surveillance-industrial complex: towards a political
economy of surveillance? (excerpt, read p. 1-5 only, until “the volume” heading). In K.
Ball and L. Snider (eds.), The Surveillance-Industrial Complex: A political economy of
surveillance. Retrieved from: https://www.book2look.com/embed/9781136206979
Hache, A., and Jansen, F. (2018, July 9). Privacy, Surveillance and Data Tracking: Why
Does it Matter for Human Rights Defenders? In Free media: issues, challenges and
proposals (online publication). Retrieved from: https://www.ritimo.org/PrivacySurveillance-and-Data-Tracking-Why-Does-it-Matter-for-Human-Rights
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