FTC launches investigation into surveillance pricing tactics of credit card companies
The Federal Trade Commission ordered eight companies to share information about surveillance pricing to study its effects on privacy, competition, and consumer protection. In a press release, the FTC announced it had issued orders to Mastercard, Revionics, Bloomreach, Chase, Task Software, PROS, Accenture, and McKinsey & Co. The agency said these eight companies use artificial […]
Paris’ Olympics security plans include armed soldiers, fighter jets, AI surveillance — worrying critics
PARIS — A year ago, Paris Olympics The capital of France is The safest place in the world Tony Estanguet’s confident prediction is that when the Olympics open this Friday, police forces will patrol the streets of Paris, fighter jets and soldiers will be ready for emergency deployment. Installing security barriers with metal fences It […]
Why it Is Ethical To Resist the Biosecurity Surveillance State
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Peter Leithart over at the Theopolis Institute invited me to contribute to this “Conversation,” which begins with a lead article from theologian Doug Farrow, “Whether There is a Moral Obligation to Disobey the Coercive Mandates,” followed by several responses, including mine. With permission, I’m reprinting here my piece, “The Rising […]
‘Rolling Surveillance Devices:’ Chinese Self-Driving Cars Are Mapping America
As Chinese companies test autonomous vehicles on U.S. roads, concerns are growing about the sheer amount of data these “roving surveillance machines” collect and the potential impact on national security. luck Reports Chinese companies have been quietly testing self-driving cars on American roads in recent years, particularly in California. While this may seem like a […]
How Woodrow Wilson normalized mass surveillance
Many horrible things happened in 1917, but most of them were caused by one man: Woodrow Wilson. Wilson laid the foundation for today’s Big Tech surveillance. He did it through centralization and bureaucracy, a collectivism unlike anything America had ever seen before. On April 2, 1917, Wilson urged Congress to declare war on Germany, saying […]
Government Funds AI Tools for Whole-of-Internet Surveillance and Censorship
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes I feel scared. Very scared. Internet-wide surveillance and censorship, enabled by the unimaginably vast computational power of artificial intelligence (AI), is here. This is not a futuristic dystopia. It’s happening now. Government agencies are working with universities and nonprofits to use AI tools to surveil and censor content on the […]
Surveillance Video Appears To Show Middle School Coach Choking 14-Year-Old Student With Shirt
Surveillance footage captured the moment a coach apparently began choking a student with a t-shirt in the hallway after the student refused to do some pushups as punishment for messing around in the hallways. The alleged assault occurred on June 4 at Ypsilanti Middle School in Michigan. The student, identified as Michael Moon, can be […]
Surveillance Video Appears To Show Man Shooting At Passing Cars, Leaving 1 Dead, Police Say: REPORT
Surveillance footage obtained by ABC7 appears to show a man shooting at passing cars on the streets of San Jacinto, California, leaving one dead, according to police. Julio Rodarte, 39, was arrested for an alleged murder following the incident that took place around 7:00 a.m., Monday, according to ABC7. Rodarte also faces 10 counts of […]
Blaze News investigates: FISA’s warrantless surveillance under Section 702 violates Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights
The U.S. House of Representatives Section 702 Last month, the government passed a bill amending parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Although the warrantless surveillance powers are said to only target foreigners, the communications of many Americans could potentially be subject to government investigation. At the time, significant reforms to address widespread abuse of […]
Montgomery County Police release surveillance footage of ‘grandparent scam’ suspect | FOX 5 DC
Police have released surveillance footage of a suspect who they say is scamming elderly residents throughout Montgomery … source