NYPD turns public housing Internet program into surveillance network
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has quietly begun wiring cameras at scale in public housing into its real-time surveillance…
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UK national digital identity announcement anticipated soon
The UK government is about to announce the introduction of a national digital identity scheme, possibly at the annual Labour…
Political consensus builds for UK digital ID to tighten border
A poll conducted among members of the UK’s Labour Party revealed that 57 percent support an introduction of a digital…
Trump admin expands biometric and biographic data collection in immigration crackdown
The Trump administration’s latest immigration agenda is taking shape around an aggressive expansion of biometric and biographic data collection, signaling…
Trump’s revival of WWII era alien registration law sparks privacy, legal battles
The Trump administration’s unexpected reactivation of a forgotten wartime law requiring noncitizens to register with the U.S. government and carry…
ICE’s facial recognition app raises alarms over expansion of domestic surveillance
In early 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly expanded its biometric surveillance footprint with the deployment of a powerful…
UK prepares for eVisas as Labour lawmakers call for digital IDs
The UK is preparing to officially transition to electronic visas from July 15th. At the same time, the country is…
CBP’s biometric border dragnet and the corporate state behind it
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is on the verge of reissuing a sweeping regulatory overhaul that will usher in…
Legal identity is pivotal to inclusive migration governance in Africa: ECA
Stakeholders from about a dozen African governments, civil society outfits and international development organizations recently explored ways through which legal…
South Africa using biometrics to verify immigration status during raids
The South African government is incorporating biometric verification as part of efforts to control the numbers of undocumented people. The…
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