TD Original

Students Under Surveillance

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Sep 25, 2025 The digital repression of university activism around Palestine enters its third year, and the cameras continue to multiply. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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The Police State, Powered by Palantir

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Apr 24, 2025 ICE’s mass deportation tech is undergoing an upgrade. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Police Leveraged Shoplifting Panic To Gear Up

Joey Scott / The Appeal Apr 3, 2025 The “crime panic” was a myth. But an analysis by The Appeal shows the narrative helped local police buy facial recognition software, drones, license plate readers, surveillance tech and more. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Technology

AI-Powered Surveillance Takes Off in Texas

Francesca D’Annunzio / Texas Observer Apr 1, 2025 Operation Lone Star has turbocharged surveillance capabilities in Texas. State lawmakers say they want to block the potential of an AI police state, but legislation has been modest. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Immigration

ICE Swiftly Expands Its Sprawling Surveillance Apparatus

Maurizio Guerrero / Prism Jan 31, 2025 Within days of Trump’s presidential win, ICE sought out contractors to enlarge and modernize the agency’s ability to surveil noncitizens. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Drones in December Skies

Dave Granlund Dec 19, 2024 Dig deeper

Technology

Texas State Police To Massively Expand Surveillance Tech

Francesca D'Annunzio / Texas Observer Sep 3, 2024 The state will spend millions on a controversial software as part of Gov. Abbott’s border crackdown, as well as to “disrupt potential domestic terrorism.” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Military

The US Legacy of ‘Security’ Lives on 22 Years Later

Ameem Lutfi, Kevin L. Schwartz / Responsible Statecraft Sep 11, 2023 Despite being out of Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. has normalized a militarized approach to security worldwide. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Technology

Concerns Remain as UN Cybercrime Convention Enters Final Phase

Katitza Rodriguez / Electronic Frontier Foundation Aug 3, 2023 UN Cybercrime Convention negotiations enter final Phase with troubling surveillance powers still on the table. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

TD Original

The Farce of Microsoft’s Anti-Racism and the Capture of Academia

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Apr 17, 2023 In recent years, most large tech corporations have begun pushing anti-racism public relations and touting their donations to Black causes. There is no company more steeped or skilled in this practice than the elder of the group, Microsoft. By deploying fleets of flacks, messaging professionals and hired intellectuals, the company has managed to maintain a pristine image as a “moral leader” of Big Tech, while avoiding and deflecting attention from its deep and sordid history of collaboration with police, prisons, intelligence agencies and militaries. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Ahead of Extradition Hearing, Hundreds March for Assange in London

JILL LAWLESS / The Associated Press Feb 22, 2020 Famous Britons join the crowd protesting U.S. espionage charges against the founder of WikiLeaks, the secret-spilling website. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Mexico Sues Google Over Collection of Children’s Data

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / The Associated Press Feb 20, 2020 State official says information being mined at schools includes locations, websites visited, videos watched, passwords and contact lists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )