Tag: surveillance
Trump accused of weaponizing Social Security and immigration system to target...
Critics warn of authoritarian overreach as Trump administration marks immigrants as “dead” to force deportation and targets lawful residents for protected political speech.
Privacy advocates decry EU’s failure to fully address surveillance concerns in...
Privacy groups have expressed disappointment, labeling the Act a 'missed opportunity' for not including a complete ban on live facial recognition.
Eyes are always on you
In the post-9/11 years, military has become part and parcel of a distinctly all-American “surveillance” culture.
China’s ‘surveillance creep’: How big data COVID monitoring could be used...
It is crucial these surveillance systems embed principles of transparency and accountability within their design.
What the Pegasus Project has revealed about the rise of for...
For journalists and activists what we’ve learned about Pegasus has created new doubts about security.
Senators call for investigation into Border Patrol tracking phones without warrant
"...we urge you to investigate CBP’s warrantless use of commercial databases containing Americans’ information, including but not limited to Venntel’s location database.”
High-tech workplace surveillance: New report warns of dystopian mass surveillance amid...
“The speed at which these new privacy-shredding technologies have been unleashed is alarming, especially given that none of them have been proven to be effective at mitigating the spread of COVID-19.”
An ‘unethical experimentation on children’: Digital rights groups oppose facial recognition...
"The research shows that prematurely deploying the technology without understanding its implications would be unethical and dangerous."
Congress introduces EARN IT Act, which would end encryption programs but...
“EARN IT is anti-speech, anti-security, and anti-innovation. Congress must reject it.”
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‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations
From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.
Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health
This power shift hasn't just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.
Facing Trump’s America
As we experience Donald Trump’s twenty-first-century version of White nationalism, how we dealt with that difficult past should help us remember that we lived through terrible times by confronting them and that we can do so again.
‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves...
Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.
Trump fast-tracks Great Lakes oil tunnel, triggering outcry over water and climate risks
Environmental groups and tribal nations warn the Line 5 tunnel project could endanger drinking water for 40 million people after Trump administration classifies it as an emergency.