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A Rare Look At China's Treatment of Uighur Muslims
“Break their lineage, break their roots, break their connections, and break their origins.” That’s a quote from a Chinese government document on how to deal with the Uighur Muslim population of...
View ArticleRethinking Public Spaces in the Wake of Mass Shootings
School. Work. Movie theaters. Night clubs. Music festivals. Churches. Restaurants. Bars. Superstores. These are all places we want to believe are safe. But as mass shootings continue to happen in these...
View ArticleYour Ears Are Burning
Tony's always had a hard time reading the room. But then a mysterious man tells him about a podcast that plays back everything people say about you when you're not there.Written by Mac RogersPerformed...
View ArticleWill Smart Speakers Be the New Normal?
Amazon recently announced a slew of new hardware products, from glasses to rings to earbuds and smart ovens. Products with smart speakers have become very popular with consumers, but they have also...
View ArticleMillions of Schoolchildren Are Now Under Digital Surveillance
As parents grow increasingly anxious about school shootings, schools have turned to digital surveillance companies. These companies use AI to track what students are typing in their emails, chats,...
View ArticleA Surveillance Bill Sparks Tension Between NYPD Top Brass and City Council...
The New York City Council is once again taking up a bill that would force the police to provide more information about surveillance technology the department uses around the city.First introduced in...
View ArticleSmartphone Surveillance in the Digital Age
Smartphones are tracking our every move, whether you’re a high school student in California or a Secret Service agent in the nation’s capital. Across the globe, dozens of companies can now log the...
View ArticleNYPD Makes Changes To DNA Collection Following Advocates' Concerns
The NYPD says it's changing its DNA collection procedures, which have concerned civil rights advocates for years.
View ArticleNational Politics; A Proposal to Arm Bodega Employees; Labor and 2020;...
Coming up on today's show: Domenico Montanaro, NPR's senior political editor/correspondent, previews the Nevada caucuses and discusses other national political news; New York City Council member Ydanis...
View Article‘Sometimes I Just Watch’
Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell talks about how Americans are welcoming surveillance devices like Ring and Nest into their homes, and — as they can now watch their front doors, babysitters,...
View ArticleWhen Coronavirus Isn't The Only Crisis
Last week, roughly 400 Israelis got an alert on their cell phone: “You must immediately go into isolation [for 14 days] to protect your relatives and the public.” Data-tracking suggested that they had...
View ArticlePrivacy Concerns Mount as Coronavirus Spreads
The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has now reached almost 1.5 million globally. As the number of cases rises, so do concerns about privacy. Around the world, privacy advocates are sounding...
View ArticleThe Iron Curtain - Snap Classic
At the height of the Cold War, Ulrike Poppe just might have been the most surveilled woman in the world. But it was only after the wall fell that things really got interesting. Snap Classic - Season 9...
View ArticleLiving Under Surveillance Capitalism
The list of harms perpetuated by Facebook is at this point well-known: quieting dissent, ignoring incitement, and profiting from distortion, to name a few. But, according to Harvard professor emeritus...
View Article3. Una enciclopedia de traición
El fotógrafo Chris Gregory-Rivera examina el legado de “Las Carpetas” -- los archivos de vigilancia estatal producidos por un programa de gobierno secreto que buscaba fracturar al movimiento...
View Article3. An Encyclopedia of Betrayal
Photographer Chris Gregory-Rivera examines the legacy of the surveillance files known in Puerto Rico as las carpetas— produced from a decades-long secret government program aimed at fracturing the...
View ArticleEncyclopedia of Betrayal
La Brega is a seven-part podcast series hosted by OTM producer/reporter Alana Casanova-Burgess. The series uses narrative storytelling and investigative journalism to reflect and reveal how la brega...
View ArticleHow AI Creates Racial Disparities In The Justice System
The relationship between criminal justice and technology is complicated, especially given that the tools marketed to law enforcement often perpetuate racial biases in mass incarceration.On Today's...
View ArticleOne Full Year of Pandemic-Disrupted School; Gov. Cuomo's Accusers; The...
Coming up on today's show: One year ago, NYC's public schools were shut down. WNYC reporter, Jessica Gould, looks back and reports on how parents and teachers and students carried on and the challenges...
View ArticleVaccine Passport Apps Are Here. We Explain and Critique
The safest way to return to full-capacity mass gatherings is to make sure attendees have been vaccinated. The right software could help, but there are some privacy and equity concerns.On Today's...
View ArticleNixon's Undoing Came Long Before Watergate
Every American president has experienced periods of tense relations with reporters, and wrathful surveillance campaigns aren’t, unfortunately, particularly novel. But any exploration of presidential...
View ArticleBehind Closed Doors
New reports show that the Trump Department of Justice spied on reporters. But that’s just a small part of a much longer story, going back decades. This week, we examine when and why the government...
View ArticleThe Ascendance of Eric Adams
David Remnick talks with New York’s likely next mayor, Eric Adams. Once a victim of police abuse and now an advocate for the N.Y.P.D., Adams will have to navigate some of the city’s most divisive...
View ArticleThe Damning Revelations about Pegasus
Pegasus is everything that digital-privacy advocates have warned us about for years. The spyware program was sold, legally, to governments around the world, and it allows them to access a target’s...
View ArticleTo Protect and Observe: A History
Today’s viral videos of police abuse have a long political lineage. But what if one of the oldest tools of copwatching is now taken away?Ron Wilkins takes us back to 1966, in the wake of the Watts...
View ArticleAn Iranian Plot Grew in Brooklyn, and the Revelations about Pegasus
The indictment reads like a not-so-great spy novel: the operatives would kidnap the dissident from her home in Brooklyn, deliver her to the waterfront to meet a speedboat, bring her by sea to...
View ArticleNYPD’s Legacy of Police Surveillance, From Black Panthers to Mosques to Black...
The NYPD’s tracking and monitoring of Muslims after September 11th triggered lawsuits that ultimately led to court settlements and new rules governing how the police could investigate ethnic...
View Article20 Years Later: Post-9/11 Policing
Jim O'Grady, WNYC features reporter, talks about how NYC policing was changed by the events of 9/11.
View ArticleIsraeli Military Surveillance Program Targets And Monitors Palestinians Using...
An Israeli surveillance program, rolled out over the past two years, uses facial recognition technology to monitor and surveil the Palestinian population. The initiative involves in part smartphone...
View ArticleThe Shadow of Post-9/11 Surveillance on Muslims
Zainab Iqbal, a freelance journalist, discusses how the legacy of NYPD surveillance post-9/11 affects how much Muslims engage and share online across generations. Plus, calls from Muslim listeners...
View ArticleSenator Gillibrand; What We Know (and Don't Know) About Omicron; Elon Musk's...
Coming up on today's show:U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D NY) talks about her work in the Senate, including her efforts to pass military justice reform, paid family leave and the Build Back Better...
View ArticleAffirmative Action; Police Surveillance; Book Bans and 'Divisive Concepts';...
Mayor Adams urged all New Yorkers to reserve judgement about his Blueprint to End Gun Violence until they read the actual plan. So let's read it and talk about it together on the show. Here are some...
View ArticleMany cities have more robust subway camera systems than NY
As a manhunt began Tuesday morning for the person who shot 10 people in a crowded Brooklyn subway car, law enforcement quickly looked to the station cameras that they hoped had caught their suspect on...
View ArticleRonan Farrow on the Threat of Modern Spyware
Ronan Farrow has published an investigation into a software called Pegasus and its maker, NSO Group. Pegasus is one of the most invasive spywares known; it allows users—including law-enforcement...
View ArticleRonan Farrow on the Threat of Spyware; Plus, Viola Davis
The New Yorker contributor Ronan Farrow has published an investigation into Pegasus, the most notorious commercial spyware in the world, and its maker, NSO Group. Pegasus is marketed as a tool for...
View ArticleRonan Farrow on the Threat of Modern Spyware
Ronan Farrow has published an investigation into a software called Pegasus and its maker, NSO Group. Pegasus is one of the most invasive spywares known; it allows users—including law-enforcement...
View ArticleRonan Farrow on the Threat of Modern Spyware
Ronan Farrow has published an investigation into a software called Pegasus and its maker, NSO Group. Pegasus is one of the most invasive spywares known; it allows users—including law-enforcement...
View ArticleHow Urban Planning Could Help Build Better Online Spaces
Elon Musk's bid to purchase Twitter set off a familiar debate on what a healthier social media world could look like. One source of inspiration can be found in our physical world, according to Eli...
View ArticleCameras in the Subway Cars
Earlier this week Gov. Hochul announced a plan to put cameras in every single subway car, citing people's fear of crime on the trains as a reason. Stephen Nessen, transportation reporter for the WNYC...
View ArticleA History of the Trump Presidency; Guns in NJ; Cameras in the Subway Cars;...
On today's show:Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorker and CNN global affairs analyst, and Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for MSNBC,...
View ArticleWhat A Chinese Balloon Can Teach Us About Our Media Consumption
This week's news was inundated with coverage of balloons, or rather, one particular balloon, as many across the U.S. followed the flight path of an alleged Chinese spy balloon. The balloon was first...
View ArticleThe Hypocrisies of the TikTok Hearings
U.S. lawmakers have said that they are moving forward with a plan to ban TikTok, one of the most popular apps in the world. In hearings last week, Congress questioned TikTok’s C.E.O., Shou Zi Chew,...
View ArticleNYPD's Robot Dogs and Other New Tech
Samantha Max, reporter covering public safety for WNYC/Gothamist, talks about the NYPD's controversial plan to test the use of robot dogs and other hi-tech surveillance devices.
View ArticleHow Did the TikTok Ban Become a Bipartisan Issue?
A ban of the Chinese social-media app TikTok, first floated by the Trump Administration, is now gaining real traction in Washington. Lawmakers of both parties fear the app could be manipulated by...
View ArticleEye in the Sky
Ross McNutt has a superpower: he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But should he?In 2004, when casualties in Iraq were rising due to...
View ArticleA History of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement Through One Activist's Life...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu’s July 24th address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress was skipped by roughly half of the Democratic caucus, including the party's new presidential...
View ArticleThe Infernal Machine
The unexpected story of how Alfred Nobel’s invention of dynamite—designed to build the world—was co-opted by anarchists to bring about its destruction. From revolutionizing infrastructure to arming...
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