DAILYCALLER (John Loftus) - Foreign Agent Brad Parscale Turning World Cup Fans Into Psyop Guinea Pigs
Parscale's company is secretly harvesting data from unwitting soccer fans
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Is the UAP Governance Board slow walking disclosure?
Ross Coulthart expresses concern that the UAP Governance Board is an effort to slow walk disclosure. Watch this full episode of "Reality Check": https://youtu.be/2-VWd_Lg49M #UAP #GovernanceBoard #WhiteHouse
AMERICANTHINKER - From secondhand smoke to secondhand quitting
Every premarket decision the FDA makes on a tobacco or nicotine product is guided by one question from Congress, and for a long time, the agency had almost no data to conclusively answer the question. Now they do.
NPR (Hansi Lo Wang) - A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau
New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.
NPR (Jude Joffe-Block) - ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light
In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.
In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool
FISA Section 702 may expire, but that won’t mean the end of the surveillance state. The post The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The Deep State May Soon Lose a Key Spy Tool FISA Section 702 may expire, but that won’t mean the end of the surveillance state. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) With a 45-day extension set to expire on June 12, establishment factions of Congress are scrambling to secure a clean reauthorization of FISA Section 702—the provision that allows the government to sweep up communications from foreign targets without first getting a warrant. Often, those conversations are between foreign nationals and American citizens, raising constitutional concerns. The 45-day clean extension that passed on April 30 was…Open
NPR (Meg Anderson) - ICE is spending millions of dollars on iris scanners, expanding its arsenal of tech tools
ICE is expanding its use of iris recognition technology, with plans to deploy hundreds of scanning devices across the country. The practice raises concerns among privacy experts that the Department of Homeland Security is amassing a database of biometric data.
AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - Neighborhood watch programs are fading in the age of Ring and Nextdoor
America's classic neighborhood watch programs are fading as AI -powered apps turn neighborhoods into digital watch zones. Why it matters: The automation of neighborhood safety with tools like Amazon's Ring and the Nextdoor app is quietly dismantling one of the country's most basic forms of civic life: neighbors who actually know each other. - What's replacing it is faster, smarter — and far more detached. - Shared videos of "suspicious" strangers and wildlife alerts are in; out are block captains, porch meetings and "See Something, Say Something" signs. Zoom in: Ring doorbells stream constant footage, allowing users to post it all on an app as alerts. - Nextdoor posts flag "suspicious" strangers and lets users shame dog walkers who…
America's classic neighborhood watch programs are fading as AI -powered apps turn neighborhoods into digital watch zones. Why it matters: The automation of neighborhood safety with tools like Amazon's Ring and the Nextdoor app is quietly dismantling one of the country's most basic forms of civic life: neighbors who actually know each other. - What's replacing it is faster, smarter — and far more detached. - Shared videos of "suspicious" strangers and wildlife alerts are in; out are block captains, porch meetings and "See Something, Say Something" signs. Zoom in: Ring doorbells stream constant footage, allowing users to post it all on an app as alerts. - Nextdoor posts flag "suspicious" strangers and lets users shame dog walkers who…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Meryl Kornfield) - Federal civil rights watchdog wants to stop tracking data on race and sex
The EEOC has proposed ending a civil-rights-era program collecting demographic information from private companies.
AMERICANTHINKER - The Automobile: From free bird to nanny-state spy
They're now creating cars to monitor your every movement.