Tag: Surveillance
US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech,...
Anne Toomey McKenna, Penn State
On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors’ Ring cameras...
Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now,...
Jess Reia, University of Virginia
For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States.
Few...
Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens...
Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University
When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints....
Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and...
Rohan Grover, American University and Josh Widera, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
When the Trump administration gave...
When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir...
Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University
When the U.S. government signs contracts with private technology companies, the fine print rarely...
Protecting the vulnerable, or automating harm? AI’s double-edged role in spotting abuse
Aislinn Conrad, University of Iowa
Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people...
We study mass surveillance for social control, and we see Trump...
Brittany Friedman, University of Southern California and Raquel Delerme, University of Southern California
President Donald Trump has vowed to...
Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how...
Kimberly Przeszlowski, Quinnipiac University
In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing...
EXPLORING NATURE
Washington DC’s 240 million‑gallon sewage spill is a symptom of nationwide trouble
Marccus D. Hendricks, University of Maryland
When 240 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River in...
