Israel’s virus surveillance tool tests its democratic norms

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) In the early days of the pandemic, a panicked Israel began using a mass surveillance tool on its civilians, tracking people s cellphones in hopes of stopping the spread of the coronavirus.

The government touted the technology, normally used to catch wanted Palestinian militants, as a breakthrough against the virus. But months later, the tool s effectiveness is being called into question and critics say its use has come at an immeasurable cost to the country s democratic principles.

via apnews.com

We are all terrorists now.