Protests, Democracy, Privacy, Surveillance, AI and facial recognition

Recent news of Amazon’s engagement with law enforcement to provide facial recognition surveillance (branded "Rekognition"), along with the almost u... (2018)

An investigation by MIT Technology Review reveals a sprawling, technologically sophisticated system in Minnesota designed for closely monitoring pr... (2022)

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here's how to protect your privacy if you plan to ... (2020)

As cities become ever more packed with cameras that always see, public anonymity could disappear. Can stealth streetwear evade electronic eyes? (2020)

Researchers are crawling the internet for photos of people wearing face masks to improve facial recognition algorithms. (2020)

A new reality that is becoming apparent in big cities is that everyone is constantly being monitored and surveyed. Facial recognition has exponenti... (2020)

The Justice Department gave the agency the temporary power “to enforce any federal crime committed as a result of the protests over the death of Ge... (2020)

Developers built the tools to help protesters, who fear retaliation. (2020)

One DC resident said she was visited by the FBI because her cell phone pinged off a cell tower near the Capitol on the day of the riots. (2021)

Artificial intelligence firm Dataminr is making questionable use of its Twitter firehose privileges — and not for the first time. (2020)