Socioemotional “Thought Crimes” in American Schools: Tracking Student SEL Data for Precrime
By John Klyczek As a result of federal initiatives to “get tough on crime,” such as the Reagan Administration’s War on Drugs and the Clinton…
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Police State: Orwellian Pre-Crime and National “Surge”
By Michael Boldin With the announcement of two separate, but related new “crime-fighting” plans, local police is set to be even more nationalized than it…
With Little Fanfare, William Barr Formally Announces Orwellian Pre-Crime Program
By Whitney Webb Last Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr issued a memorandum to all U.S. attorneys, law enforcement agencies and top ranking Justice Department…
The TAPS Act, Predictive Policing, and a PreCrime Dystopian Nightmare?
By Michael Boldin If you’ve seen the film Minority Report – or read the Philip K Dick short story it’s based on, you’re familiar with…
We’re All Enemies of the State: Draconian Laws, Precrime & the Surveillance State
By John W. Whitehead “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by…
Top University Artificial Intelligence Experts Warn of “Technical Flaws” In Pre-Crime Police Systems
By Nicholas West It is unfortunate that citizens and experts alike are finally waking up to the threat of artificial intelligence being used by law…
Police Departments Begin Dumping Faulty Pre-Crime A.I. Programs
By Nicholas West Slowly but surely it seems the promises made by Big Tech that the answers to crime could be provided by mass surveillance…
Ukraine and Russia Tensions Escalate As Ukraine President Accuses Russia Of 80,000 Troops In Crimea; U.S. NATO Warn Russia To Stop Violating INF Treaty
By Aaron Kesel Ukraine’s President, Peter Poroshenko, has accused Russia of having 80,000 troops, 1,400 artillery and missile systems, 900 tanks, 2,300 armored vehicles, 500 planes and…
The Government Is Blacklisting People Based on Predictions of Future Crimes
By Hina Shamsi, Director, ACLU National Security Project Imagine: You’ve never been charged with any crime, yet the government blacklists you as a terrorism threat…
The Police State Takes A Giant Leap Towards Pre-Crime
By Rory Hall If you think we still have privacy rights or a 4th Amendment you are living in the past. Technology has moved past…
Amazon’s Plan to Help Police Identify Citizens in Real-Time and Predict Crimes
By MassPrivateI Two days ago NPR revealed that the Orlando Police Department is using Amazon’s facial recognition to identify peoples’ faces. Earlier this year, the…
Activists Uncover Pre-Crime Police Program Operated by the LAPD
By Nicholas West One of the most controversial aspects of “policing in the 21st century” is the notion that if police can sweep all information…
New Orleans Cancels Secret Pre-Crime Police Program After Media Exposure
By Nicholas West I’m happy to report some good news coming out of New Orleans thanks to the excellent investigative reporting of Ali Winston with…
New Orleans Residents Used As Secret Test Subjects For Pre-Crime Police Technology
By Nicholas West The concept of “policing in the 21st Century” is not only the implementation of a range of high-tech surveillance measures, including biometrics,…