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News on Surveillance Technology
Flock Safety, a rapidly expanding company that sells license plate readers to police and neighborhoods across the US, has an ambitious mission: to eliminate crime. Since being founded in 2017, […]
By Johana BhuiyanThe White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is today releasing the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to help guide the design, development, and deployment of […]
By Alondra Nelson, Sorelle Friedler, Ami Fields-MeyerSince 2020, the number of individuals awaiting trial in San Francisco County who are required to wear an electronic monitoring (EM) device has increased by 308%. This explosion is the […]
By Susan A. HughesPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the strictest internet privacy laws in the United States has withstood a legal challenge, as a group of telecommunication providers has dropped its bid […]
By Patrick WhittleChild welfare agencies are actually in the family policing business. And just as with other forms of police, their analog violence is powered by digital systems. When I was giving […]
By J. Khadijah AbdurahmanAn aerial picture can tell a thousand stories. But who gets to tell them? From above the clouds, our world is surveilled and datafied. Those who control the data, control […]
By IRL PodcastThe pressure on schools to keep students safe, especially to protect them physically and support their mental health, has never been greater. The mental health crisis, which has been exacerbated […]
By Elizabeth Laird, Hugh Grant-Chapman, Cody Venzke, Hannah Quay-de la ValleeYou’ve probably noticed the title for today’s episode is super long. In case you can’t read it on your phone, it’s called “Aynne Kokas on the Intersection Between Surveillance Capitalism […]
By Democracy ParadoxWhere should tech builders draw the line on AI for military or surveillance? Just because it can be built, doesn’t mean it should be. At what point do we blow […]
By Internet Health ReportMilitaries are responding to the call. NATO announced on June 30 that it is creating a $1 billion innovation fund that will invest in early-stage startups and venture capital funds […]
By Melissa HeikkiläPolice Are Looking to Algorithms to Predict Domestic Violence Domestic abuse is a widespread problem in the United States and around the world. Violence at the hands of an intimate […]
By Colin Lecher