Civil Liberties

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ICE Uses Mobile Fortify App for On-the-Spot Facial Recognition

Leaked emails show the system draws on multiple DHS databases to speed up migrant identification

DHS Rejects Writer’s Claim That Gaza Protest Coverage Led to His Deportation

Southern California Agencies Shared License Plate Data With Federal Immigration Agencies in Breach of State Law

Homeland Security Sued Over Immigrant DNA Harvesting Into FBI Database

Trump’s Palantir Citizen Database Draws Privacy Fears and Backlash from Core Supporters

Trump administration expands data-sharing network with Palantir

Texas Poised to Require Ten Commandments Posters in Every Classroom

US-UK Trade Talks Strain Over Free Speech Disputes

Pentagon Tightens Journalist Access Citing Security Concerns

DHS Chief Kristi Noem Draws Backlash for 'Suck It' Post on Dismissed Migrant Lawsuit

NSW Government Inquiry Faces Tensions Over Dural Caravan Hoax and Anti-Hate Laws

Major Carriers Fail to Notify Senators of Surveillance Requests Despite 2020 Contract Revisions

FBI Director Kash Patel Closes Surveillance Oversight Office in Organizational Restructuring

New Orleans Police Halt Secret Facial Recognition Program After Public Outcry

Raoul Peck’s 'Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5' Premieres at Cannes, Linking Orwell’s Dystopia to Modern Authoritarianism

Trump Administration Explores Habeas Corpus Suspension Over Immigration

Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Clarify Criminal Regulations in Sweeping Overhaul

Mali Junta Dissolves All Political Parties, Tightening Grip on Power

AI Tool Tracks Individuals Without Facial Recognition, Raising Privacy Alarms

House GOP Blocks Amendments to Bar ICE from Deporting U.S. Citizens