Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UniversityOfMichigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfMichigan</span></a> ends undercover <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> contracts after Guardian revelations<br>Outcry after report that private investigators had been trailing and recording pro-Palestinian protesters for months<br>The Guardian’s reporting found dozens of investigators were following <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> on and off campus, and in some instances were confrontational, cursed at students, threatened them, and in one case drove a car at a student who had to jump out of the way. <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/university-of-michigan-surveillance-students" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/09/university-of-michigan-surveillance-students</span></a></p>