transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn
immigration CBP went against court orders and deported an Iranian student with a fully legal presence in the country Thom Dunn
politics Trump administration to begin taking DNA samples from migrants crossing border or in detention for federal criminal database Xeni Jardin
Technology Clearview AI clients: Best Buy, Walmart, ICE, DOJ, FBI, 2,200+ companies and law enforcement agencies Xeni Jardin
politics Bernie Sanders leads Iowa Poll for the first time, just weeks before Iowa Caucus Xeni Jardin
immigration Homeland Security labelled a group of volunteer doctors as "radical political activists" Thom Dunn
Business China tech firms shape new facial recognition and surveillance standards at UN: Report Xeni Jardin
law EFF and ACLU triumph as federal judge rules that warrantless, suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal Cory Doctorow
News Facial recognition tools shared by 'Massive, secretive network of police departments' Xeni Jardin
trump Taxpayers spent $10b for Trump's wall (so far); smugglers are cutting it with $100 saws and $10 blades Cory Doctorow
trump's walls Smugglers are sawing through Trump's border wall with a $100 cordless cutter Mark Frauenfelder
corruption CBP officer refuses to allow American journalist into the country until he admits he writes "propaganda" Cory Doctorow
