San Francisco Banned Facial Recognition. Should New York?
In light of San Francisco's ban on the use of facial recognition technology, Albert Fox Cahn, executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP) at the Urban Justice Center,...
View ArticleWhat Will de Blasio's Presidential Campaign Look Like?; Federal Rent...
Coming up on today's show:Christina Greer, co-host of the New York politics podcast “FAQ NYC” and associate professor of political science at Fordham University, considers how he will make his case to...
View ArticleA 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...
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