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Vittoria Elliott

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Senior Reporter @Wired covering platforms + power www.wired.com/author/vittoria-ellio… Signal: velliott88.18/vittoria89.82 elliott.vittoria@proton.me OR vittoria_elliott@wired.com

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So excited to pay for one bot to scream at another bot instead of having a system that most other wealthy nations seem to think is pretty okay.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW from me and @mollytaft.com: As politicians scramble to figure out how to regulate AI there's a divide growing on the left. On one side, there's Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is calling to regulate the existential threat of AI--the "it will kill us all" possibility. www.wired.com/story/inside...
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The Leftist Split Over AI Doom
The left wants AI regulation. They just can't agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 18/09/2026
NEW: @telliotter.bsky.social & i took a look at the intellectual split happening on the left over how to regulate AI, and whether or not to believe the companies prophesying AI catastrophe www.wired.com/story/inside...
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The Leftist Split Over AI Doom
The left wants AI regulation. They just can't agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16/09/2026
Big lawsuit filed by the family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at 20 weeks pregnant after being denied abortion care. Argues Texas' abortion bans violate the state constitution's right to life and should be struck down. More soon on @autonomynews.co abortioninamerica.org/wp-content/u...
screenshot from page 60 of the complaint:
Not one of Ms. Walker’s medical providers sought to rely on the exception to Texas’s abortion bans or offered Ms. Walker’s life-saving abortion. To the extent Ms. Walker’s medical providers believed that she was never sick enough to qualify for the exception, Texas’s abortion bans, combined with the associated definitions of “abortion,” “reasonable medical judgment,” and “medical emergency,” are unconstitutionally vague in violation of the due course of law provision of Article I, Section 19 and thus unenforceable. See Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc., 719 S.W.3d at 589.
208. In addition, to the extent Texas’s abortion bans and associated definitions were a proximate cause of Ms. Walker’s death, they violated her right to life under the Texas Constitution and are unconstitutional. Vernon’s Tex. Civ. Stats. ch. 6-1/2; Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 170A.001-170A.007; Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 171.201-171.212; Tex. Health & Safety Code § 245.002.
209. Finally, to the extent Texas’s statutory scheme, taken as a whole, cumulatively denied Ms. Walker her right to life without due process of law, Texas violated her right to life under the Texas Constitution

https://abortioninamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Walker-Petition.pdf
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I want to talk to you about an article @wired.com's @telliotter.bsky.social published yesterday that should be getting a LOT more attention than it currently is -- It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“sUpEr iNtelliGenCe” but also constantly refined by HUMANS as lawsuits pile in where family says their loved ones died by suicide after speaking with chatgpt
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Apologies, that's AFPI= America First Policy *Institute*, not Initiative
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SCOOP: A group of staffers from the right-wing think tank, America First Policy Initiative, have been detailed to the Census Bureau, where they have access to sensitive data +contributed to a public report that bolsters conspiracy theories undermining trust in elections www.wired.com/story/a-trum...
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Trump admin has repeatedly tried to cast doubt on the accuracy of Census data to reshape elections. Now, @wired.com has found that multiple staffers from a Trump-aligned think tank have burrowed their way into the Census Bureau. Scoop from @telliotter.bsky.social
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Caitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...
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A Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remain
In May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
As always, if you’re a federal worker or someone working in tech you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
SCOOP: An anonymous census report claimed thousands of noncitizens voted. But @davidgilbert.bsky.social and I found that not only was the report based on bad data, its authors include members of a Trump-aligned think tank and a former member of DOGE. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/a-us-c...
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A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
SCOOP @telliotter.bsky.social and I identified the authors of the bogus noncitizen voting Census report and how they used bad data to make faulty conclusions They include a former DOGE guy (of course) and two people from AFPI, a Trump-aligned think tank www.wired.com/story/a-us-c...
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A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/09/2026
Hey folks, the good people at Habeas Flight Watch have a new url for their ICE flight map. You can use this map for flight observation and for filing habeas petitions for ICE captives before they're taken south: habeasflightwatch.org
A screenshot of today's Habeas Flight Watch live map showing a bunch of airport codes dotted all over the continental US with different color codes and federal court judicial lines drawn
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
why WOULDN'T you ask for (university of chicago) college credits while taking over the US government?! @telliotter.bsky.social with the scoop:
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DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover
According to new documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, an undergraduate working with DOGE requested that his work for HUD count towards his University of Chicago degree.
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 03/09/2026
The recent surveillance mechanisms, involving face recognition software and an extensive network of AI-enabled cameras, helped authorities achieve what physical force alone could not: breaking the protest movement.
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Seen and silenced: How Russian surveillance software suppresses Georgian civilians rights
Over the two years, the Georgian government built a comprehensive face recognition enforcement system, procured by a Moscow-based company with ties to the FSB. The impact on demonstrators is appalling.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Scooplet: A U Chicago undergrad who took a break from school to work for DOGE at HUD to rescind federal regulations by plugging them into a chatbot asked his boss to help him get credits for his work. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/doge-a...
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DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover
According to new documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, an undergraduate working with DOGE requested that his work for HUD count towards his University of Chicago degree.
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One of the DOGE kids tried to get college credit for his role in dismantling the federal government. from @telliotter.bsky.social
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DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover
According to new documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, an undergraduate working with DOGE requested that his work for HUD count towards his University of Chicago degree.
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For Topical Reporting: Immigration... @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social dug into the story of how Trump administration bent the rules for the deportation campaign. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
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DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, an IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Late to this but @wired.com was nominated for four OJA awards!!!! Read the nominated stories below...
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You're probably familiar with the guy who showed up to a San Diego City Council meeting to endorse the surveillance company Flock. I spoke with him about guerrilla theatre, activism, and the specific 2004 Hasbro helmet he wore for the stunt. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/darth-...
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‘Darth Vader’ Wants You to Know He Definitely Supports Flock Surveillance
Anthony Ralphs was frustrated by the San Diego City Council's support for Flock. He decided it would take something more than reasoned argument to get their attention.
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Meta keeps promising that its AI detection tools can stop stuff like this from happening. And it keeps happening. from @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social
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Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians
One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
NEW: Meta ran ads for an AI-porn-generation tool that encouraged people to create nonconsensual nudes of politicians. @telliotter.bsky.social & @mattburgess1.bsky.social w/ the scoop www.wired.com/story/meta-r...
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Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians
One advertisement featured a pornographic video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician. Apple removed the app from the App Store after an inquiry from WIRED.
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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“That means that, for the fourth month in a row, Americans’ real wages — how many sandwiches, haircuts and gallons of gas they can buy with an hour’s pay — actually fell.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/b...
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Worker Pay Isn’t Keeping Up With Inflation Once Again
When prices spiked in 2021-22, wages failed to keep up for many workers, new research shows. Now the pattern is repeating.
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Jackmerius Tacktheritrix @j-tacktheritrix.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
No matter how bad you think this sounds, it's definitely worse. I worked on the Unaccompanied Children program for a period spanning the Biden and Trump II administrations, and it's impossible to imagine a population more vulnerable. The reason for the special handling Aaron notes (1/x)
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
read @telliotter.bsky.social's latest!!!!
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
SCOOP! Court documents released earlier this year show Kara Voorhies, who DHS employees described as a "shadow administrator," became a contractor, employed under a startup founded by a DOGE member, after serving as a special government employee. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/femas-...
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FEMA's ‘Shadow Administrator’ Was Paid by a DOGE Member's Startup for Months
Details from recent court filings show that DOGE's influence within government—and potential conflicts of interest—extend further than previously known.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thanks to TPM for the great work and crediting our census scoop. You can read that here: www.wired.com/story/census...
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Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation
A draft rule reviewed by WIRED would prevent the census from counting undocumented immigrants. To protect against “distortions,” it would also bar questions about race and sexual orientation.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Saturday SCOOP: A draft rule circulating in the government would prevent the 2030 census from counting undocumented immigrants and remove questions about race and sexual orientation. wired.com/story/census-proposal-would-stop-counting-undocumented-immigrants-and-ignore-race-and-sexual-orientation
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Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation
A draft rule reviewed by WIRED would prevent the census from counting undocumented immigrants. To protect against “distortions,” it would also bar questions about race and sexual orientation.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NEW: A hacker tracked @agreenberg.bsky.social from his apartment to the subway to his desk using a $30 kids' smartwatch, took photos through its camera and listened in on him at work. Tens of millions of the devices run on three backends in China, and they're all broken.
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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
NEW: The National Design Studio, where several DOGE members ended up last year, appears to hiring. While it's not DOGE, NDS retains many hallmarks of the group. I spoke with someone who interviewed with Edward "Big Balls" Coristine for a government job. www.wired.com/story/nation...
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The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting
WIRED spoke with an engineer who was interviewed by Edward "Big Balls" Coristine for a government engineering role at the NDS, the White House agency staffed by other DOGE veterans.
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What’s it like to be interviewed by Edward “Big Balls” Coristine for a government job? @telliotter.bsky.social spoke with an engineer who did exactly that:
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The National Design Studio Became a DOGE Landing Pad. Now ‘Big Balls’ Is Recruiting
WIRED spoke with an engineer who was interviewed by Edward "Big Balls" Coristine for a government engineering role at the NDS, the White House agency staffed by other DOGE veterans.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 04/08/2026
The Cockroach Janata Party, founded by young Indians frustrated with a weak labor market, successfully forced the resignation of a top government official—a shocking concession from an increasingly authoritarian government. What does the movement mean for Modi? www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi?
The Cockroach Janata Party, founded by young Indians frustrated with a weak labor market, successfully forced the resignation of a top government official—a shocking concession from an increasingly authoritarian government. What does the movement mean for Modi?
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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
‼️On Today's @msignorile.bsky.social Show‼️ @owillis.bsky.social of @dailykos.com @telliotter.bsky.social of @wired.com @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social of @motherjones.com 🔊Listen Here: Signorile.com 📞Join the Conversation: (866) 997-4748
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404 Media @404media.co · 21/07/2026
A book seller told 404 Media that, normally, on a good week, he’d sell about 20 books. Since April, he has regularly sold hundreds of books a week. While the seller didn’t have clear evidence that the purchases were being made by AI companies, the purchases made him suspect that they were.
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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
SCOOP: A little over a month ago, the Pentagon was bragging that half its workforce was using AI. Now the army is saying they’re burning through tokens and need to limit use. For @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-ar...
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The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens
Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'm heartbroken to share that Marvin (known to readers of There Is No Place for Us as Maurice) died earlier today in a workplace accident. He was 43. Natasha (Natalia in the book) asked me to share this news because she is too devastated to do so herself. We are all in shock.
Marvin, Natasha, and their newborn child
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
ICYMI last week @wired.com: ICE is renewing its contract with Thomson Reuters for accessing some their suite of proprietary databases. In the description, ICE says the tools will be used to ID "unaccompanied minors" and identify fraud. w/ @carolinehaskins.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ice-un...
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ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’
A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the Trump administration.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
And if you're someone working in gov/immigration/tech/etc and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW with @carolinehaskins.bsky.social: ICE is renewing its contract with Thomson Reuters for accessing some their suite of proprietary databases. In the description, ICE says the tools will be used to ID "unaccompanied minors" and identify fraud. www.wired.com/story/ice-un...
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ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’
A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thompson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the Trump administration.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW with @carolinehaskins.bsky.social: ICE is renewing its contract with Thomson Reuters for accessing some their suite of proprietary databases. In the description, ICE says the tools will be used to ID "unaccompanied minors" and identify fraud. www.wired.com/story/ice-un...
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ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’
A newly renewed, $25 million-per-year contract with a subsidiary of Thompson Reuters further expands the power of ICE under the Trump administration.
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