Professor Ferguson was the guest speaker at a session titled “Living at the Edge of Surveillance: What Your Devices - and Others - Know About You.”

During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.

Podcast Episode · Public Defenseless · September 24 · 1h 3m

The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.

The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.

Podcast Episode · Public Defenseless · September 24 · 1h 3m

In Cape May County, police stumped by the decades-old mystery of a missing 11-year-old boy turned to artificial intelligence to hunt for clues human detectives might have missed. In Trenton, an expand...

The University of Kentucky is installing artificial intelligence facial scanning technology on several campus buildings.

There's growing concern about automatic license plate readers, and there are ways to balance public safety and surveillance.

There's growing concern about automatic license plate readers, and there are ways to balance public safety and surveillance.

There's growing concern about automatic license plate readers, and there are ways to balance public safety and surveillance.

Opposition to data centers and Flock cameras tells us something important about why normalization isn’t inevitable, write Evan Selinger and Divya Ramjee.

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On Constitution Day, a reminder that the supreme law of the land requires citizens' participation in order to remain strong

The president, while acknowledging some people consider the surveillance technology “an infringement,” said he supports it “because of law enforcement.”

The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.

Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S.

The head of the police union is calling on the D.C. Council to regulate how the license-plate readers are used in the nation's capital.

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We're a nonprofit exposing the negative effects of persuasive technology and social media and empowering people to take action. Discover The Social Dilemma, our podcast, course, and more.

InquiryIQ, a previously unreported prototype, tested a model from xAI, maker of Grok, to surface associates, social accounts, and other information about people identified through Clearview.

They want to know where you are — and whether you can pick up Starbucks on the way home.

Despite policy victories over Flock, Americans are finding themselves under similar monitoring by a new company – or unable to remove the original cameras

Interrogates how digital self-surveillance can be turned against us by police, prosecutors, and political whimsFor consumers living in a digitally-connected ...

Interrogates how digital self-surveillance can be turned against us by police, prosecutors, and political whimsFor consumers living in a digitally-connected ...

Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.

GW Center for Law and Technology: The Bernard Center is pleased to highlight recent and forthcoming scholarship from Professor Christopher Cotropia. Professor Cotropia’s forthcoming article, “Two Che...

The Post found a dozen examples of chatbot conversations being swept into criminal and civil legal proceedings.

Many Americans feel growing unease about the proliferation of cameras — in people’s hands, on homes and businesses, in public spaces for police use — that seem to be capturing our every move, sparking...

The AI surveillance company is running into the same bipartisan anger that engulfed data centers, as worries about artificial intelligence rise.

The California Courts of Appeal decided to appoint a judge to investigate what led to AI-based errors in four Nevada County criminal cases.

Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock.

In a polarized America, surveillance company Flock Safety has inadvertently turned political foes into frenemies.

'It wasn't me. The agent did it.' AI agents can use a computer like a ghost or just like you. A digital forensics expert on proving whether you or the AI touched the file.