Tag: Surveillance & Policing
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DeFIFA: Sports, Policing, and Incarceration at the Men’s World Cup in Seattle (Part 2)
-by Cameron Michels, Deepa Sivarajan, and Leslie McCallum *This is an excerpt from writing originally posted here – in this version we offer a more historical perspective, emphasizing FIFA as a mechanism for surveillance capitalism, within and beyond Seattle. [“Fight the Impacts” art created by Protect Our Pitch 206] The Stadium-to-Prison Pipeline The modern specter of stadiums becoming prisons…
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DeFIFA: Sports, Policing, and Incarceration at the Men’s World Cup in Seattle (Part 1)
-by Cameron Michels, Deepa Sivarajan, and Leslie McCallum *This is an excerpt from writing originally posted here – in this version we offer a slightly more focused account of FWC26 Seattle, emphasizing the colonial-carceral logics underpinning its infrastructure and staging. [“Defend the CID” art created by Protect Our Pitch 206 ] Introduction We are three friends and sports fans living in known-to-settlers-as Seattle,…
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A Technofascist World Cup? Part III: Policing the Perimeter
-by Carolyn Prouse Algorithmic Policing Beyond the Stadium For the World Cup it is not just data but surveillance technology itself that seeps out of the sports stadium into its surrounds. In the first post for this series I discussed how digital technologies are mediating (and even harming) the game we love and, for the…
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A Technofascist World Cup? Part II: Smart Stadium Surveillance
-by Carolyn Prouse Croatia was a hair away from potentially sending Portugal packing in the round of 32 when a VAR-decision called the goal back: apparently the sensor in the Trionda had picked up a slight signal of a hair brushing the ball, rendering the play offside. There has been a lot of controversy, and…
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A Technofascist World Cup? Part I: Militarized Sport
-by Carolyn Prouse FIFA President Gianni Infantino waved to the crowd as Lenovo’s CEO, Yuanqing Yang, stood next to him on a Las Vegas stage, holding up a special edition FIFA 2026 Razr phone to enormous cheers. The ceremony was somewhat of a salve in comparison to the more fascist displays of authoritarian power increasingly…
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Beyond The Click Bait: 13 Arrested During Human Trafficking Sting During World Cup.
By COYOTE RI This investigative synthesis draws on 15 years of research by COYOTE RI (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics Rhode Island), arguing that the modern anti-trafficking industry has become a profit-driven enterprise that diverts public attention from the structural conditions that create vulnerability: poverty, housing instability, inadequate healthcare, and failing social institutions. Rather…
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Vancouver’s Pivot Legal Society 3rd blog post: The Mega Event in an Era of Extreme Heat and Climatic Crisis
*republished with permission from Pivot Legal Society On Tuesday June 24, 2026, as Canada and Switzerland faced off at BC Place, the outdoor temperature in Vancouver reached 27.7°C. It was the warmest June 24 in Vancouver in more than a century. That same day, a total of 21 communities across British Columbia reached or surpassed all-time daily…
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Know Your Rights: Tkaronto / Toronto
This resource provides information about your legal rights during the FIFA World Cup 2026. It is not legal advice. If you require assistance with a legal issue, please consult a qualified lawyer. We are also seeking feedback and comments, particularly from people with experience navigating interactions with law enforcement during the World Cup. If you…
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I was arrested in a prostitution sting. Why I’m worried for sex workers as the World Cup begins
Photo above: courtesy of Antonia Crane By: Antonia Crane, originally published by LA Local In this essay, Crane reflects on the intensifying criminalization of sex work in Los Angeles in the lead-up to major global events – including the FIFA World Cup 2026, the 2027 Super Bowl, and the 2028 Olympics – and the heightened policing already being experienced…
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Dispatch from Los Angeles: World Cup Opening Weekend
by: NOlympics LA (originally published here) Friday, June 12. In the hours before the first FIFA World Cup game in “Los Angeles,” aka the City of Inglewood, Inglewood’s Market Street was closed to car traffic so that locals (and a trickle of fans who took Metro and then walked to the stadium) could enjoy the…