Geospatial risk & situational awareness Articles

Protests in London: June 21 - June 22 Protests in London June 2021 to June 2022 uses the Metropolitan Police Service (Twitter) and Metro news service to visualise demonstrations and protests over a 12 month period. The analysis helps answer two common questions: When...

Protest social media insights Summary Protest social media is a great source of information to learn about where and when protest may occur For people to individually gather, analyse and sort this information is expensive and slow New technologies offer are a fast and...

Gatwick drone threat, real or made up? Do you see a duck or a rabbit? Gatwick drone threat Around 9pm, 19 December 2018, a security officer at London's Gatwick airport, reports a drone threat. One unmanned aerial aircraft (UAV) flying outside the airport perimeter and...

Protest and Climate change link: does the weather cause civil unrest? There's an increase in climate change and protest. But what drives these protests and gives them such power? Introduction A new, impulsive climate change policy emerged in the U.S. under the Trump...

Is a Freedom Convoy protest coming to the UK?How Freedom Convoy protest began On 22 January 2022 Canadian truckers began protesting against Canada’s Covid19 rules by occupying roads in Ottawa. Three weeks later it extended to vital bridges between US and Canada. Is it...

Protest Algorithms: Outrageous stuff modern security teams need to know Algorithms are rules used by social media to determine the value of posts A post 'liked' by algorithms may go viral and reach lots of people. Most people, including protestors want their posts to...

Why people protest: Motivations of a serial protestor Why people protest is a mystery to many. A protestors cause may attract the sympathy of some. But few people actively participate in the protest itself. Put off by the discomfort of large crowds and the dangers...