Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info
About a month ago, without any announcement, a large camera tower was placed in the middle of Marche Maisonneuve, Hochelaga. The tower was a new tool of AI camera surveillance developed by the local enemy company GardaWorld. These towers of control are being rolled out all over North America by the thousands by the company’s new subsidiary ECAM. Enraged by the continued encroachment of surveillance technology in our lives and emboldened by a winter full of attacks on cameras in the city, we decided to do something about it.
We went out one night, toppled the tower and destroyed the cameras. We were filled with joy to discover that others had gotten there first, in what was clearly an attempt to burn the tower. ECAM claims that, using AI technology, this tower will alert authorities of suspicious activity before a crime is committed. They clearly failed to do so fast enough.
The tower has since been removed from the square and only scorch marks on pavement remain where it once stood. It’s beautiful. Our only regret is that the tower was tolerated for a whole month. We hope that others, moved by rebellious spirit, don’t leave a single one of these towers standing.
“Because behind every camera are the rich and the powerful, who count on fear to maintain the social peace necessary for their profits”
– From “Why Destroy Cameras”, a poster seen in Hochelaga that we felt inspired by.
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