Reposted by Eileen GuoHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 13hTrump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5339331058
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Excited to be sharing @technologyreview.com’s investigation, Dying on Camera, live on MS NOW shortly. Tune in to our interview… and then check out our full package here: www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/b...technologyreview.comDying on CameraAN MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW INVESTIGATION Dying on Camera The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will ... 084
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🧵 on our investigation into deaths by border towers 120
Reposted by Eileen GuoLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedlemonde.frAmnesty International calls for ICE to be abolishedIn a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States. 383198086333
Reposted by Eileen GuoIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is brilliantly done. 1348
Reposted by Eileen GuoBobbie @bobbie.net · 24/09/2026This fascinating, grim and utterly necessary story from my old chums at Tech Review: zillions spent on high-tech US border surveillance and yet thousands of people still dying within a stone’s throw of towers. A horrible reminder of how the promises of a technology often fail. 011
Reposted by Eileen GuoOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...status.newsThe Source Behind The BanThe anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned. 952538909
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Days after we published our story on deaths by border towers, Rep Delia Ramirez announced a plan to terminate CBP's surveillance tower program—and dismantle DHS. Citing our reporting, she said: "The towers that we have paid a billion $ to just don’t work.” www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/23/1...technologyreview.comA congressional representative just proposed killing America’s border tower programThe proposed bill comes days after an MIT Technology Review investigation revealed that over 1,050 people have died within the advertised range of surveillance towers. 23614
Reposted by Eileen GuoJess Hamzelou @jesshamzelou.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This vital and devastating investigation by my brilliant colleagues @eileenguo.bsky.social and @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social is an absolute must-read. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can't it catch people before they die? www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...technologyreview.comThe US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver. 176
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thank you @austinkocher.com for the close read and summary 🧵 1133
Reposted by Eileen GuoMat Honan ✅ @mathonan.com · 21/09/2026Our reporters spent the past year and some months investigating deaths along the "virtual wall" of the southern border. Their investigation reveals that a humanitarian crisis at the border has unfolded in view of the government’s own cameras: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...technologyreview.comThe US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver. 714687
Reposted by Eileen GuoElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026If surveillance at the US-Mexico border is so all-seeing, why isn't it saving lives? @technologyreview.com and the Times of San Diego used EFF's map of border tech to conduct this first-of-its-kind analysis of the relationship between surveillance and migrant deaths.technologyreview.comThe US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver. 910244
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ofc,you can also explore the "Dying on Camera" map itself here: www.technologyreview.com/border-map/ #bordertech #surveillancetechtechnologyreview.comBorder surveillance tower map 031
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New investigation from @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social & me into the border #SurveillanceTech by #Anduril, General Dynamics, and Israeli co. Elbit Systems that failed to catch 1 in 4 deaths within range. In other words: 1,050+ people dying on camera. www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1... 1/xtechnologyreview.comThe US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver. 97242
Reposted by Eileen GuoNiall Firth @niallfirth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A brilliantly-reported and vitally important investigation from us today. Jaw-dropping, heart-breaking findings. So proud of the team, but especially @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @eileenguo.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...technologyreview.comThe US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver. 01612
Reposted by Eileen GuoLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 17/09/2026On Lawfare Daily, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social talked to @eileenguo.bsky.social about her research into whether the “censorship-industrial complex” was an actual entity or a pretextual justification to dismantle the government’s anti-disinformation apparatus. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf... 1165
Reposted by Eileen GuoAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026NEW: I wrote about all the MAGA figures claiming to have had advance knowledge of, or helped cause, Milo Yiannopoulos' deportation, and what that tells us about power, influence and threats in the movement now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comWhat the deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos tells us about the state of MAGAThe saga goes to the heart of the disturbing nature of power, influence, and punishment in Trump’s America. 1115551
Reposted by Eileen GuoElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/08/2026"The idea that an organization that is an alternative host—for email, websites, and other services—could be designated a terrorist organization simply for providing a service that a lot of people want…is scary," EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social told @reason.com.reason.comRubio uses terrorism law to ban secure email serviceThe State Department doesn’t accuse Autistici/Inventati of doing anything more than providing surveillance-free email accounts. But that’s enough to declare it a terrorist organization. 7351191
Reposted by Eileen GuoJulia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 27/08/2026It’s good that Meta is creating some bare-bones safety features for kids, but a far better option would be to make these platforms safe for everyone. Shouldn’t we all be protected from Big Tech’s predations? My latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Meta Settles. Finally. (Gift Article)Meta’s settlement is far from perfect, but every blow counts as the company declines. 1278
Reposted by Eileen GuoTyler King @tyleraking.com · 25/08/2026I know when it’s your kid you’ll employ any and all methods to ensure they’re safe when they leave the house but an existential consequence of starting children early on surveillance is their increasing acceptance of more surveillance as adults and we’re all gonna have to reckon with that. 620572
Reposted by Eileen GuoGisela Pérez de Acha @giselilla.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This week @eileenguo.bsky.social and I talked about our piece on the origins of “the censorship industrial complex” on @techpolicypress.bsky.social’s podcast. Listen here www.techpolicy.press/how-the-cens...techpolicy.pressHow the 'Censorship-Industrial Complex' Narrative Went From Fringe to Trump PolicyA conversation with Eileen Guo and Gisela Perez de Acha, two of three authors of an MIT Technology Review feature digging into the impact of the narrative. 085
Reposted by Eileen GuoSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Pentagon fires the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper funded by DoD that has long enjoyed editorial independence from the government. wapo.st/3UsenSAwapo.stPentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interferenceThe Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.” 38846
Reposted by Eileen GuoKatie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Flock has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.” The company has now built an AI system that does both. And @wired.com got the system's code -- allowing us to reconstruct it, and learn exactly how Flock's new tool is supposed to work:wired.comFlock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its CodeFlock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate... 8360188
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I wrote about how, beyond what AI companies tell us, we still know very about real people's AI use--and the AI Observatory project from @shaynelongpre.bsky.social @ankareuel.bsky.social + team trying to change this: www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/18/1...technologyreview.comWe still don’t know how people are really using AIBut a new study shows that work use cases make up less of the picture than AI companies claim. 2225
Reposted by Eileen Guoevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 17/08/2026If you are an expert witness, do not use ChatGPT to write the report you are charging $475/hour for. All of your chat prompts are subpoenable and we are all going to laugh so hard. www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...404media.co‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion LawsuitChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people. 301175350
Reposted by Eileen GuoThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around. 7350492753
Reposted by Eileen GuoSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I went through the users manual for the GLOVE, the electric-shock weapon that ICE is reportedly about to get to use on whoever they feel like. All the promotional material shows a person immediately complying upon contact. But wait till you see what the recommended duration of the shock is.forever-wars.comThe Coward's HandshakeICE agents are about to get electric-shock gloves—ideal for 'smaller officers or weaker officers or older officers,' says an ex-cop 74907402
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I missed this excellent look by @mirandagreen.bsky.social into the conservative funders, pink slime websites, + campus activists that attacked campus #DEI. www.cjr.org/tow_center/h... Same tactics + some of the same groups (Accuracy in Media) that we found in our censorship investigation 👇cjr.orgHow a network of pink-slime sites and conservative activists went after campus DEI.Using FOIA requests and hidden-camera videos, the groups targeted universities, leading to the firing of faculty and staff. 163
Reposted by Eileen Guodell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026the fact that a billionaire can randomly throw $100,000,000 into a campaign against taxing the rich seems like the best argument yet they can afford it 2848131287
Reposted by Eileen GuoNiall Firth @niallfirth.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Big important story from @eileenguo.bsky.social and team. Explains… a lot. So proud of all involved. 132
Reposted by Eileen GuoJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026New: Flock planned to use cameras in hundreds of thousands of Uber, Lyft, and delivery driver vehicles as a way to collect more license plate data. Pitched the idea to an Attorney General. Would basically turn Uber/Lyft into roaming surveillance vehicles www.404media.co/flock-pitche...404media.coFlock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance VehiclesA Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its surveillance system. 30736499
Reposted by Eileen GuoGisela Pérez de Acha @giselilla.bsky.social · 07/08/2026New story with @eileenguo.bsky.social + @cargocultscientist.bsky.social tracing the origins of the “censorship-industrial complex”: the idea that the right is being heavily censored online www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1... via @technologyreview.com and @typeinvestigations.orgtechnologyreview.comHow ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policyNarratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them? 02110
Reposted by Eileen Guoevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Today's Long Read is about how fringe far-right theories about the "censorship-industrial complex" became Trump policy: www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...technologyreview.comHow ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policyNarratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them? 05119
Reposted by Eileen GuoKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/08/2026As someone caught in the web of this elaborate conspiracy theory, its good to see some in-depth, critical analysis of its origins. This right wing propoganda campaign has had a huge impact on politics and policy, with little attention from the center or left. www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...technologyreview.comHow ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policyNarratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them? 518075
Reposted by Eileen GuoType Investigations @typeinvestigations.org · 07/08/2026Narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them? @eileenguo.bsky.social reports in partnership with @technologyreview.com: typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...typeinvestigations.orgHow ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy - Type Investigations© Type Media Center document.write(new Date().getFullYear()). All Rights Reserved. 013
Reposted by Eileen GuoDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Excellent reporting by @eileenguo.bsky.social & colleagues at @technologyreview.com about the roots & spread of the right's allegations of a "censorship industrialization complex". Including the little tidbit that @ninajankowicz.com highlights below.... www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...urldefense.comHow ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policyNarratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them? 39752
Reposted by Eileen GuoDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 07/08/2026***major must-read/must-share deep dive*** into the free speech phonies and their conspiracy theories driving so much bad faith trump admin policy right now 12417
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026W/ith @giselilla.bsky.social + @cargocultscientist.bsky.social, I delved into the origins of the “censorship-industrial complex” idea, how it went from the fringes of the online right to a driver of Trump2 policy, + what it means for the Internet. www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...technologyreview.comHow ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policyNarratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them? 520495
Reposted by Eileen GuoJon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 05/08/2026It's hard to read this and not think that this is Meta not wanting to be left out of the super-dangerous / super-powerful AI club. 21968129
Reposted by Eileen Guosam @samthielman.com · 30/07/2026just felt very strongly that everyone needed to see this up close 1512735
Reposted by Eileen GuoFelipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Seeing a good amount of outrage about this specific fact but I don’t think this would really be better if they had shot and killed the guy they were looking for? 78615
Reposted by Eileen GuoDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Second time in just about a week when a man not targeted by ICE was killed by them 18506211
Reposted by Eileen GuoMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Meta’s AI data-center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, has been caught infecting the town’s water supply with deadly bacteria. Officials say wastewater from Meta’s AI data-center flooded the town’s pipes with the bacterium Cupriavidus gilardii, and they found the company violated industrial waste regulations.tomshardware.comMeta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rar...The city has revoked the Meta contractor's discharge privileges. 27897537
Reposted by Eileen GuoCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. The older plane has been widely reported to be equipped with a system designed to blind an incoming antiaircraft missile .. It is unclear how many, if any, of those capabilities have been installed on the newer plane ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u... 2802836795
Reposted by Eileen GuoKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Two years ago, my colleagues and I were sued by Stephen Miller's America First Legal. The Hines v Stamos case — built atop a number of false allegations — was a central element of the "censorship industrial complex" myth. Today, that case was dismissed (by a Trump judge in LA). We won. 16270631657
Reposted by Eileen GuoCaitlin Ostroff @ceostroff.bsky.social · 21/06/20261/ After seeing a lot of Polymarket videos on social media, my @WSJ colleagues and I wanted to understand Polymarket’s marketing. After watching a bunch of videos, we noticed that the website featured in them was almost, but not quite, identical to Polymarket’s actual platform. 718659
Reposted by Eileen GuoBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.ms.nowThe Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook familiesThe Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month. 275225665258
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026For my #LosAngeles followers, highly recommend this powerful play abt Xian Quesun, the Chinese aerospace engineer that helped develop US rocket tech, was persecuted under McCarthy, then returned to China to found its missile program. Playing thru this weekend only: www.skylighttheatre.org/ascentskylighttheatre.orgAscent — Skylight Theatre Company 152
Eileen Guo @eileenguo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026ICYMI, this #longread on the #EnhancedGames in Las Vegas last weekend by @amitkatwala.bsky.social is really really excellent. www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/10/1...?technologyreview.comThe “steroid olympics” were a circus—and a window into our cultureDozens of athletes on performance-enhancing drugs competed in the Enhanced Games. Organizers hope it'll sell a lot of peptides and other supplements. 1106
Reposted by Eileen GuoM.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight. 1114118623