Palantir's ImmigrationOS endangers democracy and the rule of law, according to a new law review paper from Fordham Law School’s Chinmayi Sharma and Sam Adler. In this week’s podcast, they break down the risks of AI-powered surveillance in immigration enforcement.
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The European Parliament, led by a conservative far-right alliance, endorses a drastic expansion of deportations. In effect, the far-right has used migration to break into the European political centre.
As we approach the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), set to assess progress on the Global Compact for Migration, technology is taking centre stage.
Thanks to @womeninmigration.bsky.social and Migrant Women Press
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NEW op-ed: The “Everywhere Border”: How Technology Shapes Migration and Fuels Resistance
While governments expand digital surveillance, migrant women and grassroots organisations are using it to build networks of care, resistance, and survival.
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Image description: A hand holds a wad of euros in front of an ocean scene. Text reads, "Revealed: EU funding backed an attack on a humanitarian search-and-rescue ship The so-called Libyan coast guard fired on SOS Méditerranée’s ship in August 2025. IrpiMedia has since traced the money that enabled the episode—back to an EU program with millions in hidden funds."
A factsheet outlines the details of the EU program, called Support to Integrated Border and Migration Management in Libya, or SIBMMIL. It explains that this is the program that funded the Houn 664: a vessel of the so-called Libyan coast guard that caused an estimated €194,000 in damage to the humanitarian ship. Ominously, there is no publicly available information on 44% of the total budget—equating to €27.1 million in hidden funds.
€27.1 million in hidden funds by the EU. Does that sound right to you?
Read more about IrpiMedia's investigation and find the full report, "Financing the Violence", produced in collaboration with SOS Méditerranée, here: buff.ly/d6RXTHY
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Last year, a UK Tribunal confirmed Clearview AI is bound by GDPR, in part because of our work.
Clearview are now going to the Court of Appeal.
We’re seeking to intervene again, supported by our lawyers at @awo.agency
When in Rome, they say
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
Today, Border Forensics together with @sociodigfutures.bsky.social releases the new investigation 'How ‘stopping the boats’ kills'! The report shows that the #UK's "stop the boats" policy has in fact led to an increase in deaths. Find full report here 👉 www.borderforensics.org/investigatio...
It was not a choice by Meloni btw: the proposed reforms would change the constitution so they have to go through parliamentary vote first (which Meloni got since she has a majority) and then a referendum.
Me waiting for the results of the referendum while every Italian media says the result is locked.
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Initial turnout data seems to be proving you wrong on this though (my guess is because of how highly politicized this has become rather than on the technical understanding of the question)
Spyware intermediaries have facilitated transactions that otherwise could not have taken place—e.g.due to export controls. They also divert unwanted public attention. A new Atlantic Council report examines their role.
My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social.
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New reforms in Finland are set to allow 24/7 surveillance inside the homes of people with disabilities as part of new disproportionate intrusive surveillance of people accessing public services in the name of austerity.
Notre image décrit ce que nous avons appelé les #MedSeaLeaks. Reflets, IrpiMedia et Infolibre creusent des documents issus du bras armé de l'Europe qui contrôle les trafics d'armes, de pétrole et d'êtres humains en Méditerranée.
@reflets.info, @irpimedia.eu et @infolibre.es ont formé un consortium européen pour traiter une fuite massive de données concernant l'opération IRINI. Le bras armé de l'Europe qui surveille la Méditerranée pour empêcher les trafics d'armes, de pétrole et d'êtres humains a vu ses données fuiter.
Definitely not a lens to understand. Do you think the Antichrist thing is ideological or just cover for something?
(That said, I'd be curious to know what is he actually doing in Rome this week)
These technologies are used in intelligence gathering and public spaces. The lack of transparency is astonishing, with the UK being a particularly opaque case.
More from my former colleague Ilia Siatitsa at @privacyinternational.org
HMRC has seemingly acquired IMSI-catchers
Freedom of information disclosures to CWthat HMRC would “neither confirm nor deny” if it had procured IMSI-catchers from Cellxion, nor would it reveal information on data protection assessments. A classic answer from LE:
privacyinternational.org/node/2219
🧵The UK’s tax and customs authority has been quietly amassing an arsenal of surveillance technology, signing contracts with companies that supply mobile phone tracking equipment for downloading the content of mobile devices, @computerweekly.bsky.social reports
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It's also such a dumb frame: it would have been misguided already if it was an English-speaking newspaper but Italians already know about Sicily and that it definitely isn't Florida
Law enforcement has discretionary powers to use the law and technology at their disposal.
Here's some of the results:
🧵At least three women have been investigated for illegally ending their pregnancies since MPs voted to decriminalise the procedure last June, @phoebeivy.bsky.social reports.
Laws regulating abortion in the UK date back centuries ago.
There are some appalling examples:
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An extremely rich and terrifying conversation about 'Muskism', where it's coming from and what it means (and can mean) for governments and society.
'Sovereignty as a service' is scary but even more so when realizing it has been happening for quite a while...
Looking forward to reading the book.
In our latest blog post, co-published with @statewatch.bsky.social, Luca Rondi exposes the 'blackmail' at the centre of @frontex.bsky.social's push for 'voluntary' deportations from Europe.
The piece was originally written in Italian for Altreconomia.
Very glad to see this out in the world!
I contributed to the design and initial mapping a while back (as a consultant)
I hope this mapping of private companies pitching products to eu-LISA, Europol, and Frontex will bring old and new actors in the spotlight - and more investigations and advocacy!
A few years ago, I worked a bit on the Third Direction challenge during my time at @privacyinternational.org.
Through this case it was revealed that the Security Service “authorises” its so called agents (not MI5 officials) to carry out crimes in the UK.
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AI is being used by intelligence agencies for counter-terrorism. But what they end up building is automated surveillance, which can wrongly flag individuals as threats.
We spoke at the United Nations about how technical failures become human rights issues.
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New profiles just dropped in our Dual-Use Technology series with @privacyinternational.org ! Want to learn more about how companies develop commercial tech that feeds the military industrial complex and vice-versa? Read our most recent reports on Thales, Leonardo, Elbit and Skydio 🕵️ pvcy.org/dualuse