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Surveillance Watch

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An interactive database revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations: www.surveillancewatch.io

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arthaus @arthouse06.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026
invaluable website for those of us affected by AI/tech surveillance in r/t (+realizing how metastasizing VC funding is within surveillance~globally)
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....
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Surveillance Watch
This interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Tyne Daile Sumner @tynedaile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A reminder that this exists and that it is, verifiably, very cool: www.surveillancewatch.io
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Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New! Surveillance Watch now includes a harm index. Each entity's rating reflects the relevant harm tier supported by credible public evidence, weighing both an entity's own activity and the documented real-world use of its tools. Check it out: www.surveillancewatch.io/entities?sor...
Screenshot of the Surveillance Watch website showing an interactive globe and a profile for Zero Security, a U.S. surveillance company rated "Severe" for developing IMSI catchers and communications interception technology.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Dataminr is an AI powered surveillance vendor that scans your social media posts in real time and sells the alerts to police and government agencies: www.surveillancewatch.io/entities/dat...
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Dataminr | Surveillance Watch
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Company worth keeping an eye on is SenAI, an Israeli startup developing AI-powered "Online Video Intelligence" (OVINT) for governments and intelligence agencies. SenAI says it has tested the technology with governments across Europe, Asia, & the Middle East. www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/ar...
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Israeli startup raises $6.2 million to turn social media video into intelligence | CTech
As crises unfold online, Senai aims to decode the world’s fastest-moving evidence.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Meet Gloo, a data analytics firm that mines the personal online data of people in crisis (immigrants, those struggling, anyone reaching out for help) and sells it to churches. www.surveillancewatch.io/entities?ent...
Flow diagram showing Gloo connecting investors (HL Investments, Thrivent, and GuideStone Financial Services) to AI-powered, social media monitoring, and data broker technologies.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools
Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Surveillance Watch now maps 765 entities and over 900 funders powering the global surveillance industry. This is the public record that accountability demands.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"Look Who’s Tracking" www.cjr.org/analysis/tra...
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More reporters and researchers are covering immigration through the lens of surveillance.
A growing number of reporters and researchers are covering immigration through the lens of surveillance.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The AFSC has just published new resources for activists to target ICE's data backbone, Palantir. Resources include a map of Palantir customers and an updated research profile on the company: afsc.org/purge-palantir
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The updated funder tab on Surveillance Watch enables you to explore entities organized by their funding sources. You can identify which funders support the most surveillance and spyware vendors, and use chart mode to filter and sort by tech type. www.surveillancewatch.io/funders
Sankey diagram from Surveillance Watch's Funder tab showing funding flows from 895 organizations to eight surveillance technology categories, including AI Powered (717), Facial Recognition (227), Forensic Extraction (204), and Spyware (52), with an alphabetical organization list and explanatory panel.
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Stephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Check this out, pretty cool resource (also scary, but useful info)
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Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 17/07/2025
thinking about www.surveillancewatch.io
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Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We just launched a new version featuring major updates with significant improvements to filtering and search, detailed entity analysis views, better visualization of connections between entities and investors, a more accessible lite version, and much more. www.surveillancewatch.io
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The same p2173 ♿️ @p2173.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Anyone here familiar with #SurveillanceWatch ? www.surveillancewatch.io Check it out because the list of companies and VC firms will surprise and horrify. The characteristics of data means they're quite literally #everywhere and #everyone. and you thought it was a fitness app.
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Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"Students have been called to the office - and even arrested - for AI surveillance false alarms" apnews.com/article/ai-s... Here are just some of the companies feeding student surveillance: - Gaggle: www.surveillancewatch.io?entity=Gaggl... - Lightspeed: www.surveillancewatch.io?entity=Light...
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Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms
Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
We launched an interactive sankey diagram that shows the high level of funding towards various surveillance technology types: www.surveillancewatch.io?menu=funders... You can click through to explore by funder as well, example: www.surveillancewatch.io?menu=funders...
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Eleanor Goldfield @eleanorg.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Tech companies are quite literally using genocide as a marketing tool. And thanks to global demand for surveillance tech, they fly over attempts to sanction. New @projectcensored.bsky.social feat. surveillancewatch.io
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Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Surveillance Watch @surveillancewatch.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
"From Gaza to the US, military-grade surveillance tools are being deployed to monitor and punish student dissent." truthout.org/articles/us-...
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US Campuses Have Become the Newest Laboratories for Surveillance Technology
From Gaza to the US, military-grade surveillance tools are being deployed to monitor and punish student dissent.
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