Unpacking the Security Council’s mandate for the U.S. colonial administration of Gaza By Craig Mokhiber More than two years into the genocide in Palestine, the UN Security Council has finally acted. But rather than acting…
The technology of ethnic cleansing Commentary by Cara Marianna Settler violence continues to intensify throughout the West Bank. Let us continue to bear witness to the suffering of our Palestinian brothers and sisters and to…
Palestinian Agency Commentary by Ramzy Baroud For decades, the prevailing notion was that the ‘solution’ to the Israeli occupation of Palestine lay in a strictly negotiated process. “Only dialogue can achieve peace” has been the…
By Matt Sledge Three major labor unions sued the federal government on Thursday to stop a sweeping social media surveillance program designed to revoke the visas and green cards of immigrants who hold “hostile attitudes”…
Campaign to stop warrantless use of license plate cameras By Dan King In August, the Institute for Justice (IJ) announced the launch of a nationwide campaign to push back against the arbitrary and unrestrained use…
Commentary by Matt Stoller “If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” — Louis Brandeis The creation of a new political slush fund by titans in Silicon Valley could…
The privatization of public safety (and spy cameras) is a costly threat to all of us By Ian Firstenberg California’s constitution opens with a broad, likely familiar, proclamation added on Nov. 5, 1974. “All people…
Flock’s gunshot detection microphones will start listening for human voices By Matthew Guariglia Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States,…
By Joseph Cox A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including American Airlines, United, and Delta, is selling access to five billion plane ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching and monitoring…
By Al Mayadeen English Born from decades of occupation and digital warfare, Israeli AI surveillance tech could spread the same systems of control and repression far beyond occupied Palestine. A new Israeli startup, Scanary, has…