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Tech industry
fromThe Nation
2 days ago

Welcome to the Era of the AI-Powered War Machine

Silicon Valley military-tech leaders embrace technological power without ethical constraints, treating coercion as innovation while profiting from weapons systems and surveillance tools that enable repression domestically and internationally.
Privacy technologies
fromPrivacy International
3 days ago

Privacy International's remarks at the side event of the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Human Rights Impacts of Using Artificial Intelligence in Countering Terrorism

AI-driven counter-terrorism tools create surveillance risks and generate unreliable threat assessments that discriminate against individuals and violate fundamental human rights.
Privacy technologies
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Meta won't let morality get in the way of a product launch

Ray-Ban Meta glasses with facial recognition Name Tag feature enable real-time identification of people, raising surveillance concerns amid government complacency and public desensitization to monitoring technologies.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

GOP Senators Slip Provision to Let Them Sue the Government for Subpoenaing Phone Records in Jan 6 Case Into Spending Bill

Senators added a clause allowing senators to sue the federal government for at least $500,000 per unlawful data-seizure during the Jan. 6 DOJ probe.
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