ICE is constructing a social media panopticon

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement carries out raids throughout the nation, the company is working quickly to develop a web based surveillance system that might probably monitor thousands and thousands of customers on the net. Federal data uncovered by The Lever reveal that ICE is paying $5.7 million to make use of an AI-powered social media monitoring platform known as Zignal Labs, one thing Will Owen, the communications director on the Surveillance Expertise Oversight Undertaking (STOP), calls an “assault” on democracy and free speech.