Data, Privacy, and the Surveillance State

Comic-Con: Pokémon Go Is ‘Totalitarianism,’ Says Oliver Stone (July 21, 2016)


WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer) (September 18, 2016)


The Wiretrap Rooms: The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities (June 25, 2018)

 

 

 

Prison tech company is questioned for retaining 'voice prints' of people presumed innocent (February 12, 2019)


Leaked files: private spying firm targets global population with illegal spyware (December 6, 2022)

 

TWITTER: ACLU: We just released hundreds of documents showing how Arizona created a nationwide surveillance program to track Americans’ personal money transfers. (January 18, 2023)

 

 

 

The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring (March 12, 2025)

 

 

 

LAPD surveilled Gaza protests using this social media tool (March 17, 2025)

‘Data is control’: what we learned from a year investigating the Israeli military’s ties to big tech (December 30, 2025)

Cop City Data and Kalshi Crisis (March 6, 2026)

From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched (March 11, 2026)

How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir (March 31, 2026)

AI is making it very easy for the government to spy on you. Some lawmakers are worried. (April 26, 2026)

ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir (May 12, 2026)

Bossware and the Harms of Workplace Surveillance (June 4, 2026)

Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock cameras to stalk people (June 10, 2026)

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters (September 3, 2026)

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People (September 16, 2026)