‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag

The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank

Infiltration of Census Bureau by ideologically-aligned staff threatens impartial administration of sensitive population data that… [more]

Lawmakers Want States to Crack Down on Flock Cameras—or Pay the Price

Documents the proliferation of automated license plate reader networks that enable mass tracking of vehicle movements and the use of… [more]

China tightens travel rules over tech security

China's tightening of travel rules under 'tech security' justification represents authoritarian governance using national security as… [more]

‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag

Documents emerging pattern of non-consensual surveillance through consumer-grade smart glasses, demonstrating real-world privacy erosion… [more]

The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank

Infiltration of Census Bureau by ideologically-aligned staff threatens impartial administration of sensitive population data that… [more]

Lawmakers Want States to Crack Down on Flock Cameras—or Pay the Price

Documents the proliferation of automated license plate reader networks that enable mass tracking of vehicle movements and the use of… [more]

China tightens travel rules over tech security

China's tightening of travel rules under 'tech security' justification represents authoritarian governance using national security as… [more]

Algeria: Threats to resume executions after 30 years severe blow to human rights

Algeria's move to expand death penalty scope and resume executions after 30 years represents authoritarian state violence and judicial… [more]

“They told us to leave and never to come back” – The Malian survivors of the conflict who have been forced into exile by armed groups

Documents systematic authoritarian control by armed groups imposing rule through force, religious coercion, and resource plunder,… [more]

AI regulation faces political deadlock as calls grow for Congress to act

Failure to regulate AI despite safety concerns enables unchecked algorithmic control and corporate power, creating conditions for… [more]

Panama canal traffic facing further cuts as drought from El Niño worsens

Climate-induced drought forcing repeated cuts to critical global shipping infrastructure demonstrates cascading systemic failure and… [more]

What 15,000 letters taught me about the power of solidarity

Documents the murder of an environmental and human rights defender in Honduras for opposing mining projects, exemplifying authoritarian… [more]

US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis

Government deliberately strips itself of regulatory authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from major polluters, directly… [more]

Offices of Peruvian news site, La Noticia Clave, sprayed with bullets

Armed attack on independent news outlet represents state or organized violence against press freedom, a core dystopian pattern of… [more]

Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI

Article critiques how tech CEOs use existential AI risk rhetoric to distract from documented harms including data center environmental… [more]

China’s Top Spy Chief Warns A.I. Is a Threat to Party Rule

China's security apparatus seeking expanded state control over AI development and deployment represents algorithmic oppression and… [more]

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

Law enforcement officers across thousands of jurisdictions are using mass surveillance camera networks with minimal oversight, searching… [more]

Fighting for the Future of Libraries (With Jennie Rose Halperin)

Podcast discussion addressing censorship, AI, and institutional decline in public libraries qualifies as relevant dystopian content due to… [more]

The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke

Documents systemic mass surveillance infrastructure abuse by law enforcement using automated license plate readers with minimal… [more]

The New Moscow: A Digital Utopia Doubling as a Surveillance Trap

Documents how technological modernization in Moscow creates infrastructure for mass surveillance and social control under an authoritarian… [more]

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Mass surveillance of ChatGPT users' private conversations by corporate contractors without clear user consent represents significant… [more]

Scientists find nine new sponge species in glimpse of Alaska’s deep-sea diversity

Article documents environmental destruction through bottom trawling and seafloor mining expansion that threatens newly discovered marine… [more]

The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable

Documents extensive government surveillance infrastructure operated by private corporations (Flock, Palantir, Claude) targeting domestic… [more]

AI Leaders Are Calling for a Slowdown. Trump’s Team Says It’s on Them

Documents corporate resistance to AI safety regulation and government reluctance to implement oversight, illustrating how concentrated… [more]

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe

Demonstrates AI misuse for systematic harassment and sexual exploitation of female politicians across multiple nations, combining… [more]

Bangladeshi journalists face 10-year jail terms for ‘unverified’ reporting under draft cybercrime law

Bangladesh's draft cybercrime amendments criminalize journalism by allowing authorities to prosecute reporters for 'unverified'… [more]

Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones

Documents institutional censorship and political repression through selective funding: a university financially supports one political… [more]