US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a $30m contract to software company Palantir for the creation of an immigration surveillance platform called ImmigrationOS.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) meanwhile, has been sending emails to people with temporary legal status demanding they leave the country, but some US-born citizens have also received them.
A draft bill in theFlorida Senate is calling for social media firms to provide law enforcement with encryption backdoors, while a Nevada district judge has ruled that the collection of personal caller data from cell towers (“tower dumps”) violates the Fourth Amendment and is therefore unconstitutional.
China has accused the US National Security Agency of conducting “advanced” cyberattacks on critical industries during the Asian Winter Games; the accused include three alleged NSA agents, while the US government has been increasing its monitoring of social media for anti-Semitic content.
The CBP is using AI to scan social media and identify people of interest, while also developing leads on those who might be in violation of US immigration laws.
