UK universities ‘paid security firm to spy’ on pro-Palestine students and academics

An Al Jazeera investigation has revealed that twelve British universities paid a firm led by former military intelligence officials to monitor pro-Palestine student protesters and academics, using social media intelligence reports to track campus activism. The revelation came following a joint investigation by Al Jazeera’s English department and Liberty Investigates, uncovering evidence that a company […] The post UK universities ‘paid security firm to spy’ on pro-Palestine students