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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📚 Academic writing & getting published Join the Surveillance Studies Network & Surveillance & Society seminar on October 14, 12pm ET! 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/d_QuhfbV

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Surveillance & Society has published a great new issue—w/ articles on #surveillance in #Amazon warehouses, private-sector policing platforms, colonial surveillance in India, #ICE assistance, and more. The journal is *always* fully #OpenAccess. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

Photograph of the DEN3 Amazon Fulfillment Center warehouse in Thornton, Colorado, near Denver.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Check out Julia Rootenberg's new post on Surveillance & Society's blog, Blink. #surveillance "Between Nonnas and Cameras: On Surveillance Old and New in Puglia" medium.com/surveillance...

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Between Nonnas and Cameras: On Surveillance Old and New in Puglia

In this post, Julia Rootenberg reflects on her trip to Puglia, Italy, and informal surveillance.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

📢 Call for Papers | Surveillance & Society Surveillance & Society is inviting expressions of interest for an upcoming Dialogue section on “People Watching People, Revisited.” +

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Torin Monahan @torinmonahan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Surveillance & Society and @survstudiesnet.bsky.social have just announced the Early Career Researcher prize winners for 2025. Congrats to the winners, and check out their amazing articles too! (Linked here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...)

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

For many years, people didn’t randomly film others in public—not because we didn’t have the technology, but because the social contract said you didn’t do that. That’s why Meta is going full court press on their PR and celebrity endorsements. They remember how people ran google glass outta town.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Check out a terrific new special issue of Surveillance & Society on “Resisting Surveillance Through Data Visibility and Invisibility.” Always #OpenAccess. #Ring #Surveillance #FacialRecognition #LGBTQ+ #ForensicArchitecture ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social

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Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus

Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the Surveillance Studies Network's 2025 Early Career Researcher Awards for publications in Surveillance & Society! 🎉 To explore the award-winning papers, follow this thread 👇 #SurveillanceStudies #SurveillanceAndSociety #EarlyCareerResearcher

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📢 Call for Papers | Special Issue — Surveillance & Society: “Everyday Surveillance and Intimate Partner Violence” Edited by Karen Louise Grova Søilen, Kristin Veel & Kassandra Wellendorf.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📚 ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK AWARD (2026) The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) is now accepting nominations (including self-nominations) for the best monograph on surveillance published in 2025. 🔗 ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su... Thread 🧵

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Call for Nominations: Surveillance Studies Network Book Award: 2026 | Surveillance & Society

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📢 Our latest blog post is out: Sarah Young, Jason Pridmore, and Catherine Brooks reflect on their article titled “A Pivot to Quantum: Shifting the Surveillant Assemblage” which appeared in the 23(4) issue of Surveillance & Society. medium.com/surveillance...

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A Pivot to Quantum: Shifting the Surveillant Assemblage

In this post, Sarah Young, Jason Pridmore, and Catherine Brooks reflect on their article titled “A Pivot to Quantum: Shifting the…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

📢 Our latest blog post is out: Deena Varner reviews Dangerous Animals (2025), Directed by Sean Byrne. Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📢 Our latest blog post is out: Karissa Ketter and Darren Byler reflections on their Surveillance & Society 23(4) article “‘Subordinated Inclusion’: Population Sorting Technologies as Digital Confinement in the United States, China, and Israel”. Read it (& all our others) here: shre.ink/mediumSSN

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“Subordinated Inclusion”: Population Sorting Technologies as Digital Confinement in the United…

In this post, Karissa Ketter and Dr. Darren Byler reflect on their article titled “‘Subordinated Inclusion”: Population Sorting…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Surveillance & Society has published a great new issue—w/ articles on data leaks, ceasefire monitoring, campus #protests, & much more! The journal is always fully #openaccess. Check it out, and please spread the word: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

Three police officers standing in front of Gaza solidarity encampment tents at Columbia University. (Photo credit: Wm3214 via Wikimedia Commons.)

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

🎉 We are excited to announce the 2024 winners of our #Surveillance Studies Network Early Career Researcher prize for publications in our journal, Surveillance & Society 🎉 Check out their fantastic papers here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su... Congratulations to the winners!!

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for its 2026 Arts Prize. The deadline for receipt of nominations is August 15th, 2025. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the annual Surveillance Studies Book Award. The deadline for receipt of books from the publisher is October 15th, 2025. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📢 Our latest blog post is live! 'Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too' by @corinnejones.bsky.social - about the relationship b/w #consumption, #visibility labours, & social media’s #surveillance economy. Find this & our other great contributions here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too

In this post, Corinne Jones reflects on her article ‘“Anyone Who’s Watching Can See That You’re Watching, Too”: A Case Study of Prosumption…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

PUBLISHED: New open issue of Surveillance & Society with articles on #desire, student tracking, #Tesla data collection, #surveillance #art, workplace surveillance, and urban “data walks.” The journal is always fully #openaccess. Check it out, and please spread the word: tinyurl.com/9c473scz

Map of USA showing automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. From flock.ajith.fyi.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

📢 Our latest blog post is live: 'Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me' by @fabriziol.bsky.social - a discussion of #surveillance, #security, violent extremism, and radicalisation. Find this great contribution (and check out all of our others!) here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Contesting Surveillance: What Tunisian Imams Taught Me

In this post, Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu reflects on his article ‘Vernacular Security and Religion in Tunisia: The Role of Local Imams in the…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

📢 Our latest blog post is out: 'Styling the #Surveillance Self in #Fashion Media' by Louisa Rogers - a fascinating exploration of security and surveillance in fashion photography. Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Styling the Surveillance Self in Fashion Media

In this post, Louisa Rogers reflects on her article ‘Styling the Surveillance Self in Fashion Media: Strategies of Sexualization and…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We are excited to announce the 11th Biennial #Surveillance Studies Network Conference happening 9th-12th June 2026, in Lille, France. It includes a #PhD Colloquium. #SSN2026 is hosted by @univcatholille.bsky.social ETHICS & ISTC. Look out for more info soon... And get those abstracts ready!

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

📢 Our latest blog post is out: 'Scatological Humour and the Absent #Anthropology of #Privacy' by Vita Peacock - examining how scatological references are used satirically to make statements about contemporary #digital #surveillance. Read it (& all our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...

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Scatological Humour and the Absent Anthropology of Privacy

In this post, Vita Peacock reflects on her article ‘Scatological Humour and the Absent Anthropology of Privacy’, which appeared in the…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

We're pleased to share our latest blog post: 'When Watching Each Other Becomes a Matter of Survival' by Camilo Tamayo Gomez - analysing mutual #surveillance, #power & #control during long-term kidnappings. You can read it (and check out all of our others) here: medium.com/surveillance...

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When Watching Each Other Becomes a Matter of Survival: Surveillance and Coexistence in Jungle…

In this post, Camilo Tamayo Gomez reflects on his article ‘Analysing Mutual Surveillance Practices During Long-Term Kidnapping Situations…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

📢 Excited to share our latest blog post: 'Squeeveillance' by Garfield Benjamin - a discussion on domestic #surveillance, #Ring doorbell media, and the power of #cuteness in the surveillant assemblage You can read it here (make sure to check out the other posts too!): medium.com/surveillance...

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Squeeveillance

In this post, Garfield Benjamin reflects on their article ‘Squeeveillance: Performing Cuteness to Normalise Surveillance Power’, which…

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Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com · 19/03/2025

Huge thanks to @marielgm.bsky.social for writing a review of The Walls Have Eyes for Surveillance & Society @survstudiesnet.bsky.social (open access too!)

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Marcus Bösch @boesch.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The editorial „sketches some of the key dangers presented by the second Trump presidency“ and reading this just send chills down my spine

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The first issue of Surveillance & Society of 2025 is out, including 6 original articles, a dialogue section on “Authoritarian Surveillance,” an editorial on Trump’s second presidency & 4 book reviews. #surveillance #authoritarianism #data #privacy ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Open Issue | Surveillance & Society

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Aaron Shapiro @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Lil write up I did about my surveillance & soc article for @survstudiesnet.bsky.social about price surveillance and inflation medium.com/surveillance...

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Inflation’s spies

In this post, Aaron Shapiro reflects on his article ‘Price Monitoring, or Where Surveillance Studies Meets the Sociology of Price…

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

We're delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 Surveillance Book Prize is: Profiles and Plotlines, by Katherine D. Johnston (University of Iowa Press).

Abstract yellow cover of Profiles and Plotlines, by Katherine D. Johnston.

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Surveillance in the Majority World Network @surveillancemw.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Our January newsletter is out! Read about Syrian surveillance revelation after Assad's fall, India’s draft data protection rules, Latin America’s 2024 overview of AI Integration, @oiioxford.bsky.social's Global Southing Internet workshop & New OA Book on Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries.

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Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter | Jan 2024

We share research/stories/podcasts that caught our attention.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

A reminder that you have a week to go to submit abstracts for #SSN2025 in Ottawa, on #surveillance and #AI...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Surveillance & Society / SSN is looking for new Associate Editors for 3-year terms, to help spread our article review workload. Associate Editors are also members of the Network & Editorial Board which manages the journal and SSN. For more details, see here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Seeking Nominations for Associate Editor Positions at Surveillance & Society | Surveillance & Society

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

SSN and Surveillance & Society are looking for self-nominations for a new Communications Editor to join our board, run SSN's website, blog and more... deadline: January 6th 2025. #surveillance #academicsky ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Seeking a Communications Editor | Surveillance & Society

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Steph Brown @stephjayb.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

📣 Announcement 📣 We've extended the deadline for submissions to the "Literature and Surveillance" Special Issue of Surveillance&Society (@survstudiesnet.bsky.social)! New deadline is January 12, 2025, and I'm happy to answer questions about submissions. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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CFP: Surveillance and Literature | Surveillance & Society

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Julia Chan @juliachan.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

2024 year in review! We were very proud of this issue. Many thanks to the journal’s team, and especially to @torinmonahan.bsky.social for much support, patience, and guidance through the process!

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Surveillance in the Majority World Network @surveillancemw.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Join our team! 🤗 Are you a graduate student interested in surveillance studies? We need an enthusiastic bookworm to help us compile an online library of publications on surveillance in the Majority World. Please follow the link for applications. We have a small budget to compensate for the hours.

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Join our team! – Surveillance in the Majority World

Are you a graduate student interested in surveillance studies? We need an enthusiastic bookworm to help us compile an online library of publications on surveillance in the Majority World.

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Surveillance in the Majority World Network @surveillancemw.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Our first newsletter is up! Read about some cool new tools, the false promise of biometrics by @lhreports.bsky.social, automation on the move by @algorithmwatch.bsky.social, listen to a podcast on Afrotopia, learn about India-Isreal AI weapon systems collaboration, & maybe decide to join our team!

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Surveillance in the Majority World Newsletter | Dec 2024 – Surveillance in the Majority World

We share research/stories/podcasts that caught our attention.

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

2024 in review. SSN and Surveillance & Society have had a great year! This was the 22nd Volume of S&S, and we also ran our 10th international conference. Let's start with Surveillance & Society. Under @torinmonahan.bsky.social's brilliant stewardship, we published 4 issues of the journal...

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Reminder! Less than a month to go until the abstract deadline for the SSN2025 Canada/USA Workshop on #Surveillance and #AI...

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Bryce Newell @bcnewell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

New article: "Abstracting Injustice" in which we explore how the neorepublican concepts of domination and antipower can contribute to surveillance studies & technology development and deployment within the criminal justice system ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su... @survstudiesnet.bsky.social

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Bryce Newell @bcnewell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

In "Synthetic Data, Synthetic Media, and Surveillance," @empo11on.bsky.social and I address the lack of attention to the surveillance implications of synthetic data and synthetic media in surveillance literature. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su... @survstudiesnet.bsky.social

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Synthetic Data, Synthetic Media, and Surveillance | Surveillance & Society

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Bryce Newell @bcnewell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The new Dialogue on Synthetic Data/Media and Surveillance in Surveillance & Society @survstudiesnet.bsky.social includes 5 stellar pieces from @susser.bsky.social & Jeremy Seeman, Louis Ravn, Renée Ridgway & Nicolas Malevé, Tanja Wiehn, and Andrew Fitzgerald. ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Vol. 22 No. 4 (2024): Open Issue | Surveillance & Society

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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Seeking a Communications Editor | Surveillance & Society

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A fabulous new issue of Surveillance & Society is out now, the last one of 2024. This open issue offers six original articles, a special Dialogue Section on the surveillance dimensions of “Synthetic Data,” and two book reviews. #surveillance #data #academicsky ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...

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Vol. 22 No. 4 (2024): Open Issue | Surveillance & Society

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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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Seeking Nominations for Associate Editor Positions at Surveillance & Society | Surveillance & Society

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Steph Brown @stephjayb.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Somehow (seriously: how?) it's December, which means there's one month left to submit work for the "Literature and Surveillance" special issue of Surveillance & Society (the journal of @survstudiesnet.bsky.social)! Happy to field questions about submissions!

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