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Albany mulls new limits on data from digital license plate readers The proposed restrictions come amid rising concern about immigration enforcement and medical privacy.

A state bill to restrict the sharing of data from ALPRs is a necessary step to limit surveillance.

The public is "tired of the fact that every single thing they do...is being collected and cataloged and cross-referenced to potentially be used against them."
-Jerome Greco @legalaidnyc.bsky.social

“MSG’s surveillance is already bad enough within its venues, but spying on protesters and sports fans on social media takes it to another level,” said Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Executive Director Michelle Dahl in response to our @wired.com story.

"Beyond NYC, Dolan targeting a 14-year-old boy in Colorado for a tweet shows just how far corporate leaders will go in abusing social media surveillance.” - Dahl #MSGEntertainment #JamesDolan #surveillance

"James Dolan is behaving as though he has his own neighborhood police force, threatening New Yorkers’ right to free speech and assembly." - Dahl #MSGEntertainment #JamesDolan #surveillance

“MSG Entertainment’s surveillance is already bad enough within its venues, but spying on protesters and sports fans on social media takes it to another level." - S.T.O.P. Executive Director Michelle Dahl #MSGEntertainment #JamesDolan #surveillance

S.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Condemns MSG Entertainment Surveillance of Protesters, Sports Fans On Social Media

#MSGEntertainment #JamesDolan #surveillance
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The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

New Yorkers have known for a long time that going to a game or concert at the Garden meant surrendering some privacy. That, as you watched the show, the Garden in a real sense watched you. www.wired.com/story/madiso...

‘That wasn’t me’: How facial recognition led to a woman being jailed for 6 months Kimberlee Williams, who lived in Oklahoma, was jailed after being accused of crimes in Maryland, a state she told investigators she had never visited.

Kimberlee Williams spent months in jail after being misidentified by facial recognition software, all while police failed to consider counter-evidence. Biometric surveillance tools don't make communities safer––they exacerbate bias, misconduct, and overreach.

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Syracuse lawmakers may ban use of facial recognition, similar tech in public Proposed city law, aimed at protecting privacy and civil liberties, is modeled after statewide bill.

S.T.O.P. is thrilled to see two Syracuse lawmakers introduce a citywide bill banning biometric surveillance, "ensuring that emerging technologies are deployed in a manner consistent with transparency, accountability, and civil liberties."

Read more.

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On April 30, S.T.O.P. is bringing policy & legal experts together to examine how algorithmic school surveillance is reshaping students' First & Fourth Amendment rights and what accountability could look like.

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"No one should ever have to fear logging onto a Wi-Fi network will suddenly let ICE track their every move." - Dahl #ICE #surveillance

"ICE is spending all it can in its slush fund to build a perpetual state of surveillance, terrorizing immigrants going about their daily routines. This technology also gives ICE yet another backdoor to target protesters, observers, and anyone calling out the agency’s cruelty online." - Dahl #ICE

S.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Condemns $12M ICE AI Surveillance Contract

"ICE’s so-called Project SAFE HAVEN is a danger to everyone." - S.T.O.P. Executive Director Michelle Dahl #ICE #surveillance
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As @meeks.house.gov stands up for a clean FISA reauthorization to preserve the data broker loophole for warrantless spying on everyone in the US, Fight for the Future, @stopspyingny.bsky.social and @accessnow.org have issued the following joint statement: www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04...

Why Congress is fighting over a central tool of American surveillance Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is responsible for a huge share of intel collected by the U.S. Lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are worried it enables warrantless spyin...

"The looming fight to bolster the law's civil liberties protections is likely to be bruising — and the provision's advocates claim it could jeopardize national security."

ACLU warns Meta against facial recognition in smart glasses Smart glasses with cameras have already enabled a lot of bad behavior.

“Civil liberties organizations have also warned that widespread facial recognition could lead to a surveillance state.”

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Powerful surveillance program faces obstacles as renewal deadline looms A recent classified court ruling on the bulk data collection of Section 702 raised concerns about the government’s use of the intelligence tool on Americans.

“How many times will Congress play Lucy-and-the-football with FISA 702 before it accepts that warrantless surveillance always leads to surveillance abuse?”
- Jake Laperruque, Center for Democracy and Technology
@cdt.org

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Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

NEW: A large swath of civil society is warning Meta against rolling out a face recognition service that will predictably be used by sexual predators.

The approval by inspectors means nothing in the jail that killed Alexis Cardenas, our client, a husband & father of four who should never been jailed in the first place.

NPAP's case is one of many exposing Harris County Jail's violence, overcrowding, neglect & abuse.

ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.

“Zero-click” spyware means access WITHOUT consent.

History has shown us: #surveillance is always the first step authoritarians take to intimidate and silence us. #NY4ALL will prohibit information sharing with the federal agents.

📣 This is the protection NY-ers need now‼️

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Advocacy groups call on Syracuse Mayor Sharon Owens to allow public into surveillance tech discussions Central Current previously reported that transparency experts believe Syracuse's tech working group appeared to violate open meetings laws.

“By evading public accountability, the STWG has enabled the expansion of these technologies in Syracuse,” S.T.O.P.'s Will Owen wrote. “More than ever, New Yorkers need local leadership to stand up for civil rights, not make reckless decisions in secret.”

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Op-Ed | Albany’s online ‘safety’ bill incentivizes surveillance, chills free expression | amNewYork This lack of public input is why Equality New York is in a coalition alongside civil rights groups and advocates from across the state in urging Gov. Hochul,

"In a moment of rising censorship nationwide, hostilities toward free speech, and federal efforts to silence the LGBTQ+ community, a bill like this has the potential to further threaten constitutional rights and undermine access to online resources."

‼️It’s day 4 of our week of action against Flock ALPR’s & we’re whipping up a social media storm!
Repost this message + tag @lowes-official.bsky.social demanding they drop Flock contracts ASAP & prioritize customer safety over ICE collaboration 🙅🏽‍♀️

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How AI Surveillance Tech is Creeping From the Southern Border Into the Rest of the Country Surveillance technology has long been part of policing the border. ICE’s growing raids are bringing it to many other areas.

ICE is expanding its use of AI, data analytics, facial recognition, and surveillance tools far beyond the border -- embedding monitoring and tracking into everyday life across the U.S.

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A 770% surge in Big Tech data requests is changing parenting | Proton Proton research shows how government access to Big Tech data is reshaping parenting and putting children’s privacy at risk.

Government surveillance of our digital lives is exploding: up 770% in a decade, with millions of accounts swept into federal data requests. We need stronger technology oversight and accountability to meet this moment.

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