#Government Surveillance

Articles (20)

• 🇺🇸 DOJ asks judge to allow search of Washington Post reporter's phone, laptops — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The Justice Department (DOJ) is asking a federal judge in Virginia to allow it to conduct its own search of a Washington Post reporter’s seized electronic devices, rather than have the court do the re...

  Related: #Press Freedom, #Legal Precedent
• 🇺🇸 Congress faces showdown over warrantless surveillance law — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  When House and Senate lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday, they'll have just a few days to renew a critical intelligence-gathering law that has sharply divided both parties amid mounting concern...

  Related: #Civil Liberties, #National Security, #Political Division
• 🇺🇸 Congress can finally close a mass surveillance loophole — but will they? — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A warrantless wiretapping authority that has facilitated surveillance for decades is up for renewal in Congress. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), last reauthorized in 2...

  Related: #Privacy Rights, #Legislative Action
• 🇺🇸 Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights are not for sale — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The FBI has admitted to purchasing commercially available data to track Americans' movements and location histories, and Congress has the opportunity to close the data broker loophole and renew FISA S...

  Related: #Digital Privacy, #Legislative Reform
• 🇺🇸 ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware — 07/04/2026 [USA]

  In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.

  Related: #Law Enforcement Technology
• 🇺🇸 How the federal government is forcing states to spy on lobstermen — 22/03/2026 [USA]

  The federal government is forcing thousands of small fishing businesses to submit to warrantless GPS surveillance, threatening their livelihoods if they object, and the Supreme Court is being asked to...

  Related: #Fishing Regulation
• 🇺🇸 Speaker Mike Johnson under the gun to pass renewal of the government's FISA spy powers — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  House Republican leaders are trying to corral enough votes to pass a clean 18-month reauthorization of a key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires at midnight on Apr...

  Related: #National Security, #Legislative Pressure
• 🇺🇸 ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Immigration agents took DNA samples from observers and protesters they detained during the Minnesota ICE surge, NPR has found, raising questions about how the government uses that personal data.

  Related: #Privacy Rights
• 🇬🇧 Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Admission came during questioning at Senate intelligence committee worldwide threats hearing</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/fbi">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> has star...

  Related: #Privacy Concerns
• 🇺🇸 The FBI is buying Americans’ location data — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  FBI director Kash Patel admitted that the agency is buying location data that can be used to track people's movements. Unlike information obtained from cell phone providers, this data can be accessed ...

  Related: #Privacy Rights
• 🇺🇸 Patel says FBI is now buying Americans' internet location data — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  The FBI is scooping up commercially available data, including an internet user's location, based on internet ads, Director Kash Patel said Wednesday.

  Related: #Data Privacy
• 🇺🇸 Anthropic doesn’t trust the Pentagon, and neither should you — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Today we’re talking about the messy, fast-moving situation at Anthropic, the maker of Claude that now finds itself in a very ugly legal battle with the Pentagon.  The back-and-forth is complicated, bu...

  Related: #Legal Dispute
• 🇺🇸 FBI, CIA chiefs urge GOP lawmakers to reauthorize surveillance law without changes — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  FBI Director Kash Patel and CIA Director John Ratcliffe called on Senate GOP lawmakers on Wednesday not to allow a key provision of the federal surveillance law to lapse next month, as they consider w...

  Related: #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Anthropic clash with Pentagon fuels government surveillance fears — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Anthropic’s clash with the Pentagon is reigniting fears of government surveillance, as experts warn the capabilities of artificial intelligence, paired with the Trump administration’s sweeping data co...

  Related: #AI Ethics
• 🇺🇸 Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI? — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  The ongoing public feud between the Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic over its technology has raised a deep open question: does the law actually allow the US government to conduct mass su...

  Related: #AI Ethics
• 🇺🇸 OpenAI alters deal with Pentagon as critics sound alarm over surveillance — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled a reworked agreement with the Pentagon Monday night governing the Defense Department’s use of its AI services, which he says provides stronger guarantees that the milita...

  Related: #AI Ethics, #National Security, #Corporate Responsibility
• 🇺🇸 How Palantir, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  A WIRED analysis shows that ICE and CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone.

  Related: #Tech Ethics, #Immigration Enforcement, #Data Privacy
• 🇺🇸 Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  The US Justice Department disclosures give fresh clues about how tech companies handle government inquiries about your data.

  Related: #Tech Privacy, #Legal Compliance, #Data Security
• 🇺🇸 How ICE Is Pushing Tech Companies to Identify Protesters — 14/02/2026 [USA]

  The DHS is flooding social media companies with administrative subpoenas to identify accounts that are protesting ICE. Social media companies have pushed back but are largely complying. Our tech repor...

  Related: #Privacy Rights, #Immigration Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE — 10/02/2026 [USA]

  The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...

  Related: #Digital Privacy, #Freedom of the Press