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Experts object to US Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s “Extreme Vetting Initiative” that will rely on AI

SOCMINT story
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US Immigration & Customs Enforcement used social media to monitor protests opposing Trump administration policies

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US government used social media to monitor journalists and advocates working with migrants

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Private intelligence company monitored people protesting Trump’s family separation policies

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Bahrain threatens crackdown on followers of anti-government social media accounts

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Facebook Must Explain What it's Doing With Your Phone Number (Update)

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Join our campaign: tell social media companies to draw a line at the border!

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@ Social Media: Protect Your Users From Border Surveillance!

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Never heard of TrueCaller? They might have heard about you. Here is how you can unlist yourself

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Content type: Case Study

"Betrayed by an app she had never heard of" - How TrueCaller is endangering journalists

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Tender revealing Israeli National Insurance Institute was trying to access social media dropped

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Woman jailed after posting pictures of herself in Ibiza

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Woman gets her benefits withdrawn for looking too happy on Facebook

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Protecting Civic Spaces

Ginowan protests
Content type: News & Analysis

Communities at risk: How encroaching surveillance is putting a squeeze on activists

LGBT march
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Communities at risk: How security fails are endangering the LBGTIQ+ community

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Content type: News & Analysis

Communities at risk: How governments are using tech to target migrants

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Content type: Long Read

Surveillance Company Cellebrite Finds a New Exploit: Spying on Asylum Seekers

National School Walkout - Iowa, 2018
Content type: News & Analysis

Planning and participating in a protest could get you under surveillance: three technologies you should know about

Privacy International's submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Article 21 of the ICCPR
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Privacy International's submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Article 21 of the ICCPR

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Facebook Must Explain What it's Doing With Your Phone Number

SOCMINT
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How your social media activity is monitored by the police

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Facebook investigates whether Crimson Hexagon violated surveillance policies

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Data Privacy Week: Confronting the Corporate Gaze

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#PrivacyWins: EU Border Guards Cancel Plans to Spy on Social Media (for now)

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Harvard Freshman Deported at US Border Because of Friends’ Social Media Posts

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Russia limits what soldiers may post on social media

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Multiple US agencies cooperate to intensively vet immigrants

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Startups use behavioural data and smartphone habits for credit scoring