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Facial recognition technology

The use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement and its potential for false positives.

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Jan 29, 2026
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Is the video of Alex Pretti kicking the ICE van real

The footage circulating that appears to show kicking, spitting on and damaging a federal vehicle 11 days before he was shot has been widely reported as authentic by multiple outlets and confirmed as d...

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...

Jan 18, 2026

What specific data retention and deletion rules govern TSA ConfirmID biometric images and which vendors process them?

TSA and DHS documentation present a layered, role-based set of retention rules for biometric facial images used in checkpoint identity verification: under normal operating conditions TSA says images a...

Jan 27, 2026

What are the political affiliations of Microsoft? Do they share data with ICE or Border Patrol or the government?

is a politically active corporation whose formal vehicle for federal campaign spending is the , overseen by what the company describes as a bipartisan steering committee . On , Microsoft says it respo...

Jan 14, 2026

How does DHS handle and verify viral social‑media claims about ICE operations before issuing public statements?

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its component U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) draw on a formal mix of public-affairs channels, privacy-impact frameworks, and open-source/s...

Feb 1, 2026

Has ICE disclosed its AI procurement records or an AI inventory similar to the DOJ’s?

has not, according to the reporting provided, published a consolidated public AI procurement inventory comparable to ; instead, details about its purchases and experiments have largely emerged through...

Jan 29, 2026

Have any police departments publicly acknowledged arrests that relied primarily on AI-generated tips?

No police department in the provided reporting has publicly acknowledged making arrests that ; instead, departments have publicly acknowledged pilots and limited uses of AI for drafting reports or gen...

Jan 27, 2026

Which New Zealand government agencies use biometric verification today and what systems are in place for law enforcement and border control?

has recently put a -code">Biometric Processing Privacy Code into force that creates binding rules for any organisation — public or private — that uses automated biometric systems, and it explicitly ad...

Jan 17, 2026

What oversight mechanisms (Congressional, state, and international) have been proposed or enacted to address detention conditions and surveillance use by ICE?

Congressional, agency-internal, state/local and nongovernmental oversight mechanisms for ICE’s detention conditions and surveillance use exist in various forms—ranging from ICE’s own daily compliance ...

Feb 1, 2026

How often do automated detection systems on social platforms produce false positives that lead to law enforcement inquiries?

Automated detection systems on generate large numbers of alerts that regularly include , and those false alerts have repeatedly prompted law enforcement attention or internal referrals — but there is ...

Jan 16, 2026

What internal policies govern ICE’s use of Mobile Fortify and similar biometric apps?

ICE and DHS publish a limited set of internal rules and assurances for mobile biometric tools — asserting narrow uses, device-level deletion of photos, periodic testing, and existing legal authorities...

Jan 14, 2026

What are LAPD policies on releasing arrest photos, booking mugshots, and social-media posts during ongoing homicide investigations?

The LAPD does not operate on a simple “everything is public” or “everything is secret” rule: certain audiovisual materials and aggregated arrest data are published while investigative records, booking...

Jan 9, 2026

le immagini di google sono con persone con il corpo grande e la testa piccola perché le persone per google non valgono niente

Le immagini che appaiono con corpi sproporzionati rispetto alle teste non provano che "Google non valga le persone"; le fonti disponibili indicano che spiegazioni tecniche e percettive (come algoritmi...