surveillance
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Rights Groups Demand U.S. DOE Take a Stand on ‘Invasive’ Student Surveillance Software
More than a dozen rights groups and education organisations wrote a letter urgently calling on the Department of Education to take a stance on controversial student monitoring software, which they say violates students’ privacy and threatens to undermine hard-fought civil rights gains.
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Senator Presses Amazon to Disclose Just How Creepy Ring Cameras Can Be
Sen. Ed Markey on Tuesday said that his office plans to push forward with an already yearslong investigation into “harmful surveillance practices” and “invasive data collection” facilitated by Amazon’s flagship home security product, Ring.
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Chicago Cops Can Use Fake Social Media Profiles to Spy On You, With the FBI’s Help
Law enforcement agencies are finding new and flawed ways to try to arrest more people all the time. And police have been using posts on sites like Facebook and Instagram to track down and charge protestors suspected of property destruction for years. Now, newly released documents show that Chicago cops can catfish as part of their…
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America’s ICE Has Spent $4 Billion on Surveillance Tech Since 2008: Report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is trying to give the NSA and FBI a run for their money as leading purveyors of U.S. surveillance. While ICE regularly made headlines during the Trump Administration for its involvement in the president’s at times ruthless so-called “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, a new report details the scale of the agency’s evolving…