Flock Safety launches OS Investigate, an AI surveillance tool now active across 6,000+ communities that tracks drivers, maps movement patterns, and builds detailed dossiers using license plates, arrest records, and 911 logs — requiring no suspect, plate, or crime to initiate a search, sparking serious constitutional concerns over warrantless mass …
26 former Meta employees are suing the tech giant, claiming its AI tools — including 'Metamate' and keystroke-monitoring dashboards — unfairly targeted workers on medical, family, and disability leave during its 8,000-person layoff, with plaintiffs seeking an injunction, independent audit, and alleging violations of the ADA, FMLA, and Pregnancy Discrimination …
Meta rolls out a smart glasses update that automatically disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with or destroyed, responding to growing misuse concerns including harassment incidents, facial recognition backlash, and rising bans at public venues.
Meta quietly removes a secret face-recognition feature called NameTag from its smart glasses app just one day after investigators expose the hidden code, raising urgent alarms among privacy advocates who warn that stronger consumer data protection laws are desperately needed.
Newly obtained FOIA documents reveal that DHS, FBI, and fusion centers are surveilling Americans who criticize AI and data centers under a new 'anti-tech violent extremism' label, with civil liberties experts warning that constitutionally protected speech and peaceful protest are being swept into domestic terrorism frameworks.
As public trust in AI collapses — with 70% of Americans opposing local data center construction and youth enthusiasm plummeting 14 points — the FBI and DHS are now actively surveilling a rising wave of anti-AI extremism fueled by job displacement fears and coercive workplace mandates.
Meta employees are fighting back against newly installed mouse-tracking software, plastering protest flyers across U.S. offices and launching a petition that invokes federal labor protections, as the company defends the surveillance tool as essential for training AI agents.
Meta deploys AI on Facebook and Instagram to detect and remove users under 13 by analyzing bone structure, height, and visual cues in photos, just days after a New Mexico jury orders the company to pay $375 million for failing to protect minors on its platforms.
OpenAI hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski resigns over a controversial Pentagon deal, warning it enables surveillance of Americans and lethal autonomy without proper safeguards, as ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295% and rival Claude climbs to the top of the App Store.
Researchers warn that AI large language models can now deanonymize pseudonymous social media users with up to 90% precision by browsing the web and analyzing free text, raising urgent concerns about government surveillance, corporate profiling, and targeted scams.