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Surveillance
Number of Immigrants Under Punitive Surveillance Quadrupled on Biden’s Watch
Surveillance technologies like ankle monitors and cellphone apps are not harmless “alternatives” to immigration jails.
Immigrant Rights Groups Are Suing LexisNexis for Helping ICE Target Communities
The data broker has collected personal information on millions of people and sold it to government entities like ICE.
Twenty Years Later, It Is Still Time to Dismantle the War on Terror
New book “Innocent Until Proven Muslim” demands we hold war criminals to account for decades of systemic Islamophobia.
Here’s Why Arab Americans Like Me Are Supporting Efforts to Defund the Police
As an Arab American whose community has endured chilling surveillance, I back the movement to defund the police.
Canada’s Predictive Policing Tech Is Poorly Regulated Under AI Policy
As surveillance has become a fact of life, digital privacy must become a human right.
FBI Concocts Fake Muslim Plots While Failing to Foil Real White Supremacist Ones
White supremacy continues to be the greatest domestic threat, but the FBI is more interested in its own fantasies.
Surveillance Tech Is Wrongly Accusing Disabled Students of Cheating on Tests
Gaze-tracking exam proctoring programs are framing students with ADHD who look away from their screens as “cheaters.”
Senators Urge FTC to Protect Abortion Clinic Patients’ Data From Being Sold
Reporting has found that data firms are selling location data of abortion clinic patients, including where they live.
Pregnant People May Be Under Intensified Tech Surveillance in Post-“Roe” US
A new report forecasts a possible future where “antiquated abortion laws are enforced with cutting-edge technology.”
Warren Calls Out Tech Firms for Selling Abortion Clinic Patients’ Location Data
Data firms were recently shown to be selling data on where clinic patients go after their visits and where they live.