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Amazon Web Services

Subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis

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Jan 26, 2026
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Did Microsoft or Amazon end contracts with ICE and when?

Neither nor has, in the record assembled here, definitively and comprehensively that result in their technology being used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); both companies faced waves of b...

Jan 26, 2026
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Amazon and ICE

— primarily through — is a major cloud provider whose infrastructure has been used by companies supplying software and data tools to , prompting activists and employees to accuse the company of “power...

Jan 27, 2026
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is amazon really helping ICE?

materially contributes technology that and its contractors use — principally cloud infrastructure and pitched surveillance products — which critics say enables tracking, data storage, and automation t...

Nov 18, 2025

What are the data retention policies for ISPs regarding DNS logs, IP connections, and packet metadata across major providers?

Major ISPs and DNS providers follow a patchwork of practices: some jurisdictions (e.g., EU, Australia) have mandatory retention laws requiring ISPs to store connection metadata for fixed periods, whil...

Jan 25, 2026

What are OpenAI's revenue streams, and who all has invested in them as of recently (2022-2026?)

monetizes a mix of consumer subscriptions, developer/API licensing and enterprise products while building and partnerships that can become revenue channels; reporting portrays a company scaling from l...

Jan 16, 2026

What role do tech companies play in supporting ICE operations?

Tech companies supply the software, cloud infrastructure, surveillance tools, communications systems and operational IT services that underpin large parts of ICE’s investigative, case‑management and f...

Nov 12, 2025

Where can I access Turning Point USA or affiliate Form 990 filings for 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023?

Turning Point USA’s Form 990 filings for 2015–2023 are publicly available, and the most practical immediate access points are . ProPublica provides searchable summaries and PDF/XML copies covering mul...

Jan 28, 2026

Does google have contracts with ice

has been tied to immigration-enforcement work enough times to draw staff protests and media scrutiny: contract records and reporting show and have purchased Google Cloud products and that Google techn...

Oct 24, 2025

How does Signal's decentralized design affect user data security?

Signal’s architecture combines strong end-to-end encryption and recent post-quantum upgrades with a service model that still relies on centralized infrastructure for account management and message rou...

Jan 31, 2026

What specific AWS contracts has ICE signed since 2020 and what do their scopes include?

Since 2020 public reporting shows no single, fully executed, line-item “ contract” from that is both large and transparently detailed; instead the record is a mix of solicitations for a major cloud ho...

Jan 25, 2026

What measures has Signal taken to ensure its service remains available during outages?

publishes a public status page and issues public advisories during incidents, and its availability has been tracked and diagnosed by a web of third‑party monitors and crowdsourced outage sites; report...

Feb 1, 2026

Has ICE ever publicly confirmed operational use of Amazon’s Rekognition or other Amazon AI tools?

has not publicly confirmed that it operationally uses ’s Rekognition or other Amazon AI products; reporting shows Amazon pitched Rekognition to ICE and internal documents and vendor emails confirm mee...

Oct 24, 2025

Who is responsible for cutting the 3I/ATLAS feed and why?

The claim that someone "cut" the 3I/ATLAS feed lacks a single definitive actor in the available reporting; the most consistent explanation in contemporaneous sources is that , not a deliberate externa...

Oct 6, 2025

what is the ai behind factually?

None of the provided documents definitively identify the specific AI system that powers Factly (or “factually”); available materials either discuss broader AI verification technologies or contain unre...

Jan 31, 2026

What government contracts have Microsoft subsidiaries (like GitHub) held with immigration agencies since 2018?

and its subsidiaries have been documented holding multiple contracts and cloud-hosting relationships with immigration agencies since 2018, most prominently multi‑million‑dollar cloud and software supp...

Jan 12, 2026

What specifically is Palantir FedStart IL5 hosting and which companies use it?

Palantir FedStart is a commercial "accreditation-as-a-service" platform that lets independent software vendors run their products inside Palantir’s FedRAMP- and DoD Impact Level (IL)–accredited hostin...

Dec 18, 2025

Which specific big-ticket pledges (Saudi, UAE, major tech firms) on the White House list have verifiable investment flows recorded in US federal data?

A review of the provided reporting finds many headline pledges on the White House list—UAE’s $1.4 trillion framework, Saudi packages (including a $600 billion package and DataVolt’s $20 billion datace...

Nov 16, 2025

What techniques do spammers use to bypass modern email filters and sender reputation systems?

Spammers in 2024–25 use a mix of old-fashioned obfuscation and newer delivery-side tricks to slip past filters: look‑alike and homograph domains, subdomain takeovers, and abuse of cloud/sending servic...

Nov 14, 2025

current events about AI?

AI news in November 2025 is dominated by a mix of product launches and corporate shifts (Baidu unveiling new AI chips; IBM layoffs linked to AI strategy), big commercial deals and investment signals, ...

Oct 21, 2025

How does Signal's decentralized design mitigate the impact of outages like the AWS outage?

Signal’s recent technical announcements focus on adding quantum-resistant cryptographic layers rather than changing its network architecture, and available reporting indicates Signal experienced disru...