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New Documents Reveal Extent, Cost Of BPD’s Secret Surveillance Strategy

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted July 11, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston has spent millions on no-bid contracts for analysts they claim couldn’t track racist demonstrators

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Boston Police, BPD, BRIC, Centra, demonstration, DHS, features, natsec, news, news to us, Protest, surveillance

SENATORS ED MARKEY AND ELIZABETH WARREN CALL FOR STUDENT PROTECTION AGAINST SURVEILLANCE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 31, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Investigation finds that edtech surveillance platforms need "urgent federal action" to safeguard students

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: civil liberties, Politics, Students, surveillance, Youth

REFORMS ON FACIAL SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 24, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Tighter regulations could help protect civil liberties

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: civil liberties, Politics, surveillance, technology

PILOT PROGRAM: CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 28, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Departments claim it will "increase overall safety and advance transparency and accountability"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: camera, Massachusetts Department of Correction, officer, prison, surveillance

COUNCILORS MEJIA AND ARROYO FILE HEARING ON GOV USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECH

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 26, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Call for government accountability and transparency

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Police, Politics, surveillance, transparency

MASS SEEKS TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE, WON’T PUBLICLY NAME APPOINTEES

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted August 18, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“This body does not seem to be centering issues related to accountability, justice, racial discrimination or other forms of bias.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, news, news to us, surveillance

WITH ONE SURVEILLANCE PLAN DERAILED, BPD STILL SEEKS TO ADD CAMERAS

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted June 8, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"We need the ordinance to pass so we're not dealing with executive branch demands to expand surveillance in a Whac-A-Mole fashion.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPD, City Hall, news, Police, surveillance

THE “SPOTIFY IS SURVEILLANCE” INTERVIEW

Written by N. MALTE COLLINS Posted March 3, 2021 Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, MUSIC

“No one wants to live in a world where music is created to please a cold-blooded algorithm."

Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Interview, Music, surveillance

PRIVATE EYES ARE WATCHING YOU. AND SO ARE PUBLIC ONES, FROM MA TO …

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted September 22, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“People have a fundamental right to travel without being tracked.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alexa, Amazon, Massachusetts Pirate Party, Right to Repair, surveillance

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

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