California Cops Investigate ‘Immigration Protest’ With AI-Camera System
https://www.404media.co/california-cops-investigate-immigration-protest-with-ai-camera-system/
(3/n)
...connecting every dataset with every other dataset,... coordinating the #SurveillanceState. #HomelandSecurity is already #spidering through #IRS data to locate undocumented #immigrants through their tax filings..."
"While the shock troops do the dirty work and the marching bands inspire the masses, #Doge may expand from enforcing fealty in the federal workforce to exacting it from everyone....
An LAPD Helicopter Claimed Cops Identified Protesters From Above and Would “Come to Your House” – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/los-angeles-ice-protests-helicopter/
Not weaponized...yet!
#DHS Flew #PredatorDrones Over #LAProtests, Audio Shows
by Joseph Cox, Jun 10, 2025
"The Department of Homeland Security (#DHS) flew two high-powered Predator surveillance drones above the #AntiICEProtests in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to air traffic control (ATC) audio unearthed by an aviation tracking enthusiast then reviewed by #404Media and cross-referenced with flight data.
"The use of Predator drones highlights the extraordinary resources government agencies are putting behind surveilling and responding to the Los Angeles protests, which started after ICE agents raided a Home Depot on Friday. President Trump has since called up 4,000 members of the National Guard, and on Monday ordered more than 700 active duty Marines to the city too.
" 'TROY703, traffic 12 o'clock, 8 miles, opposite direction, another 'TROY' Q-9 at FL230,' one part of the ATC audio says. The official name of these types of #PredatorBDrones, made by a company called #GeneralAtomics, is the #MQ9 Reaper.
"On Monday #404Media reported that all sorts of agencies, from local, to state, to DHS, to the military flew aircraft over the Los Angeles protests. That included a DHS Black Hawk, a California Highway Patrol small aircraft, and two aircraft that took off from nearby March Air Reserve Base."
Read more:
https://www.404media.co/dhs-flew-predator-drones-over-la-protests-audio-shows/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/lqELF
Reminder to protestors and their supporters… it appears that #Facebook and its parent #Meta are cooperating with the FBI and other federal agencies to not only identify protestors, but even those who are THINKING ABOUT PROTESTING or supporting the legal direct actions of Americans who are exercising their first amendment rights to free speech. It is clear to me that big tech firms are all too eager to support the fascist state by sharing their intimately personal user profiles without consent. This is truly ominous. #protests #Surveillance #SurveillanceState #privacy #FreeSpeech #Government
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
https://www.404media.co/airlines-dont-want-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs/
DHS Black Hawks and Military Aircraft Surveil the LA Protests
https://www.404media.co/dhs-black-hawks-and-military-aircraft-surveil-the-la-protests/
Slate: “Because of the immense power of facial recognition to target political enemies and indiscriminately deport any of us, and because the system’s racially biased inaccuracy is already causing wrongful arrests, banning facial recognition is an essential step toward preventing authoritarian overreach.”
also Slate - giant, page-obscuring popover: “We need to talk about your ad blocker”
yes, I know these two things are not the same. but they are both part of US-led #SurveillanceCapitalism & the #SurveillanceState(s) that it enables
Be afraid! Be VERY afraid!
“The dark lord of Silicon Valley:
Peter Thiel enters the chat”
by Carole Cadwalladr in How To Survive The Broligarchy on Substack
“The foundations of a technoauthoritarian surveillance state have been laid and Palantir’s Foundry software - that also, unbelievably, is used at the heart of Britain’s NHS”
https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/the-dark-lord-of-silicon-valley
"police officer used Flock to perform a nationwide search of more than 83,000 ALPR cameras while looking for a woman who had had an #abortion. Abortion is almost entirely illegal in #Texas but law enforcement reportedly looked at cameras in states such as Washington and Illinois, where abortion is legal"
#conservatives whine about #freedom but they intend #tyranny
they understand the malicious lie
fuck your #dystopian #surveillanceState
fuck you Texas
#Trump appears to be building an unprecedented #SpyMachine that could track Americans
A new report shines light on contracts with tech company #Palantir, which could create data profiles of Americans to surveil and harass them.
By Ja'han Jones
May 30, 2025, 4:25 PM EDT
"The push has put a key Palantir product called #Foundry into at least four federal agencies, including #DHS and the Health and Human Services Department. Widely adopting Foundry, which organizes and analyzes data, paves the way for Mr. Trump to easily merge information from different agencies, the government officials said. Creating detailed portraits of Americans based on government data is not just a pipe dream. The Trump administration has already sought access to hundreds of data points on citizens and others through government databases, including their bank account numbers, the amount of their student debt, their medical claims and any disability status. Mr. Trump could potentially use such information to advance his political agenda by policing immigrants and punishing critics, Democratic lawmakers and critics have said."
Read more:
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-palantir-surveillance-americans-rcna210017
#nytimes “The push has put a key #palantir product called Foundry into at least four federal agencies, including D.H.S. and the Health and Human Services Department. Widely adopting Foundry, which organizes and analyzes data, paves the way for Mr. #trump to easily merge information from different agencies, the government officials said.” 
article 
#surveillancestate #surveilancecapitalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LU8.VZTI.bIEAGAjNnrQ4&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
A Third Party Travel Broker Is Selling Airplane Ticket Records To DHS, DOJ Components | Techdirt
Trump Taps #Palantir to Compile Data on Americans - The New York Times (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.YQj4.H9UMEeV3w1Dx&smid=url-share #BigBrother #SurveillanceCapitalism #SurveillanceState #Orwell
Flock Decides Not to Use Hacked Data in People Search Tool
https://www.404media.co/flock-decides-not-to-use-hacked-data-in-people-search-tool/
Senator Wyden: U.S. Wireless Carriers Fail Utterly To Inform Consumers (Or Senators) About Government Surveillance | Techdirt
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/
"The Bill promises an expanded regime of digital surveillance for people in receipt of Universal Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, and State Pension Credit. This includes the introduction of an 'Eligibility Verification Measure' (EVM) which would enable DWP to direct banks to check millions of bank accounts for as yet unspecified indicators of benefit fraud and error. "
