The revelation of insidestory.gr about the monitoring of the mobile phone of the journalist Thanassis Koukakis flew rather under the radar given the seriousness of the news.
Nevertheless, the spokesman for the government addressed a relevant question vigorously expressing the certainty that this is a case of individual-to-individual surveillance. Pending investigations will show what really happened, but the suspicion that a private entity has the capacity and the resources for such a large-scale operation is shocking.
The dystopic environment of deprivation of privacy and extensive surveillance networks of every professional and personal corner in life has for decades now been linked to state power apparatus.
The apparent privatization of “Big Brother”, opens the door to the “market” for other “players” with single price of admission, the financial ability and – of course – the ruthless immorality.
Such a development will be devastating for the media and journalism sector and especially for the freedom of the press that will receive another serious blow, mainly affecting valid information and finally the society itself.
