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TELL CONGRESS: IT’S TIME TO INVESTIGATE AMAZON’S SURVEILLANCE EMPIRE

Written by ALEX MARTHEWS Posted February 25, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

We need lawmakers to intervene. A Congressional hearing will help to expose Amazon’s invasive data harvesting practices and restrict it from acting as a paid informant for the surveillance state.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Amazon, Boston Trolling, cameras, Congress, Digital Fourth, doorbell, Massachusetts, ring, surveillance

FLAW PATROL: HOW LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USES OVERSEAS THREATS TO MILK OVERTIME

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted January 29, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“Increased patrols do not protect anyone ... they are actively harmful to poor and oppressed people who are routinely harassed, brutalized, and surveilled by the police in Boston and across the country."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, Boston Police Department, Boston Research Intelligence Center, BPD, BRIC, details, Digital Fourth, fusion centers, immigration, iran, Muslims, overtime, police accountability, racial profiling, see something say something, surveillance

PROBLEM EQUIPMENT: WILL LEGISLATORS STAND UP TO THE MILITARIZED POLICE STATE?

Written by ALEX MARTHEWS Posted October 15, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

It is through small decisions like this, town by town, that our police departments are slowly changing to look less like the people they serve, and more like occupying armies.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #mapoli, Alex Marthews, Beacon Hill, Digital Fourth, Fourth Amendment, harvard, legislature, Massachusetts, militarized police, National Guard, stanford, surveillance

THE MASS DELEGATION SURVEILLANCE SCORECARD: ASK NOT HOW YOUR COUNTRY CAN SPY ON YOU

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 23, 2015 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Only a fool would get their news on these intensely granular issues from traditional news sources ...

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alex Marthews, CIA, Congress, Demand Progress, Digital Fourth, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Freedom Act, Jim McGovern, Joseph Kennedy, Katherine Clark, Michael Capuano, Niki Tsongas, NSA, Richard Neal, Stephen Lynch, surveillance, USA/Patriot Act, William Keating

BOSTON TROLLING (PART 2)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Smarter city or city under surveillance?

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, beta pilot, Bill Oates, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, Boston Transportation Department, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Department of Innovation and Technology, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mass Emergency Management Agency, Mass Highway, Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Police, MassPort, Mayor Menino, MBTA, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

BOSTON TROLLING (PART I)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

You partied hard at Boston Calling and there's facial recognition data to prove it

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, beta pilot, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Department of Innovation and Technology, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mayor Menino, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

BOSTON TROLLING (PART I): YOU PARTIED HARD AT BOSTON CALLING AND THERE’S FACIAL RECOGNITION DATA TO PROVE IT

Written by VARIOUS AUTHORS Posted August 7, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES

Boston Calling attendees didn’t know they were all unwitting test subjects for a sophisticated new event monitoring platform. We’re not talking about old school black and white surveillance cameras. More like technology that analyzes every passerby for height, clothing, and skin color.

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Matthews, beta pilot, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusuon Center, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mayor Menino, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

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