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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> Is Helping the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration Deploy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> Along the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MexicanBorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicanBorder</span></a> </p><p>Google is part of a Customs and Border Protection plan to use machine learning for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a>, documents reviewed by The Intercept reveal. </p><p>by Sam Biddle, April 3 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> will provide its Maximo Visual Inspection software, a tool the company generally markets for industrial quality control inspections — not tracking humans. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Equitus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equitus</span></a> is offering its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VideoSentinel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoSentinel</span></a>, a more traditional video surveillance analytics program explicitly marketed for border surveillance that, according to a promotional YouTube video, recently taken offline, featuring a company executive, can detect 'people walking caravan style … some of them are carrying backpacks and being identified as mules.'</p><p>"'Within 60 days from the start of the project, real life video from the southern border is available to train and create <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ML</span></a> models to be used by the Equitus Video Sentinel.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/04/03/google-cbp-ai-border-surveillance-ibm-equitus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/04/03/go</span><span class="invisible">ogle-cbp-ai-border-surveillance-ibm-equitus/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/LGc6s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/LGc6s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BorderPatrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderPatrol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISurveillance</span></a></p>
Anne Fausto Sterling<p>coming soon to a march near you. <a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/ai-surveillance-to-be-deployed-on?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=994764&amp;post_id=160079449&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=1smcrn&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">erininthemorning.com/p/ai-surv</span><span class="invisible">eillance-to-be-deployed-on?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=994764&amp;post_id=160079449&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=1smcrn&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AISurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BudapestPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BudapestPride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQRights</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PrideInDanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrideInDanger</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EqualityForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EqualityForAll</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pride2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride2023</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ProtectOurPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectOurPride</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StandWithLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithLGBTQ</span></a></p>
Anne Fausto-Sterling<p>coming soon to a march near you. <a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/ai-surveillance-to-be-deployed-on?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=994764&amp;post_id=160079449&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=1smcrn&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.erininthemorning.com/p/ai-surveil...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AISurveillance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AISurveillance</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BudapestPride" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BudapestPride</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LGBTQRights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQRights</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PrideInDanger" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrideInDanger</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SurveillanceState" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SurveillanceState</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HumanRights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EqualityForAll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EqualityForAll</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Pride2023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pride2023</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ProtectOurPride" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectOurPride</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23StandWithLGBTQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandWithLGBTQ</a><br><br><a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/ai-surveillance-to-be-deployed-on?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=994764&amp;post_id=160079449&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=1smcrn&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI Surveillance to be Deployed...</a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Which hashtag do you all prefer?<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spying</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p>
Crypto News<p>Snowden calls for decentralization, criticizes VC influence on Solana - Edward Snowden highlighted the importance of decentralization, sharing c... - <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/edward-snowden-redacted-event-decentralization-solana" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cointelegraph.com/news/edward-</span><span class="invisible">snowden-redacted-event-decentralization-solana</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>open</span></a>-sourcetools <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aisurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aisurveillance</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/edwardsnowden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edwardsnowden</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vcfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcfunding</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/solana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solana</span></a></p>
Wanda Whitney<p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/cdabf48e727d06c21a53e42a2a7a0249" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/cdabf48e727</span><span class="invisible">d06c21a53e42a2a7a0249</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AISurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISurveillance</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NYCTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYCTransit</span></a></p>