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…
An Organizing Strategy Commentary by Andrew Bilodeau Over 1,000 incarcerated workers fought the fires that devastated Los Angeles last winter. Each day, they earned less than a quarter of what the average non-incarcerated firefighter makes…
Op-ed by Laura Gibney On August 25, many North Carolinians were made aware of a direct connection between their state and the dystopian images on their television and social media screens of starved unarmed Palestinians…
Residents fear use of Island for U.S. aggression in Latin America By Emile Schepers Puerto Rico has a long history of protests against using the island for U.S. military purposes. Now, in reaction to the…