Civil rights groups demand CBP stops facial recognition expansion at airports

The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and more than a dozen other civil rights groups have objected to Customs and Border Protection's plan to expand use of facial recognition at border entry and exit points. The Departme...

Infinity Ward tries to make its ‘Call of Duty’ Border War skin less offensive

On Tuesday, Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward changed the name of Modern Warfare and Warzone’s Border War skin. The cowboy cop skin is now called “Home on the Range.” The change seems to be an attempt to crack down on racism in Call of Duty, but y...

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to end DACA

Today, the US Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to dissolve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Obama-era immigration program has been widely supported by tech executives, many of whom spoke out in fav...

Federal agencies reportedly bought phone location data to track immigrants

Since at least 2017, the US federal government has been buying commercially-available cellphone location data to aid in immigration and border-related enforcement actions, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The data is the type of an...

Recommended Reading: The ICE surveillance playbook

How ICE picks its targets in the surveillance age McKenzie Funk, The New York Times Through the lens of officers operating in the Pacific Northwest, The New York Times explains how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) collects information on...

Tim Cook disputes Trump immigration policy in Supreme Court filing

Apple chief Tim Cook hasn't been shy on where he and his company stand on immigration, but he's making it more official today. The tech firm, which named Cook and retail exc Deirdre O'Brien, has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief wit...

Homeland Security details social media collection from immigrants

The Department of Homeland Security has explained how it will demand social media info from asylum from newcomers to the US beyond visa applicants. A notice in the Federal Register makes clear that officials will ask for social network data in seven...

Harvard student deported based on friends’ social media posts

If you thought the US' decision to screen social network posts for visa applicants risked giving innocent people the boot, you guessed correctly. US officials have deported new Harvard student Ismail Ajjawi not based on his own posts, but those on h...