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…
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…
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…
By Maria Onatt Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly become one of the most transformative tools of our time. Many of us use it on a daily basis, from asking automated software or chat bots for…
By Jenna Sherman It’s been a troubling year of coincidences for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The social media magnate announced in January that the company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, would implement a startling fact-checking…
They’re taking their climate case to the next level By Anita Hofschneider In 2015, nearly two dozen American youth sued the federal government, alleging that the United States violated their constitutional rights by facilitating the…