BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Argues Texas App Store Accountability Act Should Be Struck #Surveillance www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

Join us on July 8 for our Biometric Map Training, on how to use S.T.O.P.'s community-sourced Biometric Map to report sites of facial recognition, palm scans, and more surveillance tools across NYC. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #BanTheScan

Join us on July 8 for our Biometric Map Training, on how to use S.T.O.P.'s community-sourced Biometric Map to report sites of facial recognition, palm scans, and more surveillance tools across NYC. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #BanTheScan

Read our latest op-ed with @shahanafrombk.bsky.social: New Yorkers shouldn’t have to trade their faces for a game, groceries, or basic services. It’s time to pass Intro 213 and #BanTheScan

Our Communications Director, Will Owen, spoke with Vox about neighborhood surveillance. "Being a good neighbor does not mean spying on your neighbors. We need to rethink neighborhood surveillance." Read the full story in Vox:

“Very quickly, information about one of us becomes information about a whole group of us — and police can use these techniques to surveil and track us from afar, without our knowledge.” #Surveillance www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Join us on July 8 for our Biometric Map Training, on how to use S.T.O.P.'s community-sourced Biometric Map to report sites of facial recognition, palm scans, and more surveillance tools across NYC. Register at the link in bio! #BanTheScan us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

“Today’s ruling means that hundreds of thousands of families can breathe a little bit easier and know that their child is here to stay." Murad Awawdeh https://www.amny.com/law/nyc-immigrants-react-birthright-citizenship-ruling/

“Such cameras have also been found to have been used by law enforcement in Texas to track women seeking an abortion, by police to stalk romantic interests, and by authorities to track targets of immigration enforcement operations.” #Surveillance #Privacy apnews.com/article/verm...

"Sensitive interactions Americans have with their government — including prescription drugs, children’s savings accounts, passports and voter registration — [are routed] through infrastructure the White House apparently controls." #Surveillance www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Join us on July 8 for our Biometric Map Training, on how to use S.T.O.P.'s community-sourced Biometric Map to report sites of facial recognition, palm scans, and more surveillance tools across NYC. Register at the link in bio! #BanTheScan us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Applauds SCOTUS Ruling Restricting Geofence Warrants #Surveillance www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

"Although Flock cameras are often referred to as license plate readers, that's reductive. Reading license plates is their primary task, but they can be used to track just about anyone or anything." #Surveillance #Cameras www.engadget.com/2203000/floc...

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Applauds SCOTUS Ruling Restricting Geofence Warrants #Surveillance www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

Here’s EFF’s more in-depth analysis of today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Chatrie location data case.

Big win for Buffalo and Erie County! Now let’s make it statewide: no facial recognition in public accommodations anywhere in New York. #BanTheScan prismreports.org/2026/06/24/a...

“Your mere proximity to somebody else can be used to justify an invasive search into your entire digital life.” - Tom Bowman, Policy Counsel, @cdt.org. #ICE #Surveillance www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Everyone deserves a fair immigration system that recognizes our shared humanity. Join us on June 27 at McPherson Square (15th St NW & K St NW), Washington, D.C., as we stand for immigrant justice for all. #Next250 #AllofUs RSVP: www.next250.us/rsvp

Cooper Quintin of the @eff.org warns that allowing local police to use facial recognition for immigration enforcement marks “a significant expansion of ICE’s operations” and “makes this sort of face surveillance ubiquitous on American streets.” #surveillance www.npr.org/2026/06/19/n...

Kansas City residents shouldn't be "guinea pigs for transit systems to test Silicon Valley's latest unproven, biased surveillance tech." - Will Owen, S.T.O.P, Communication Director. #surveillance #FacialRecognition www.pcmag.com/news/kansas-...

“City residents should not be guinea pigs for transit systems to test Silicon Valley’s latest unproven, biased surveillance tech.” - STOP's Will Owen #facialrecognition apnews.com/article/kans...

Thank you to everyone who joined “Just Conversations: Watching the Watchers.” We enjoyed a great conversation about the surveillance infrastructure that surrounds every New Yorker, and how we can fight back to preserve community freedom. Join us at future events: www.stopspying.org/events

"When every turn we take is tracked, it creates a potent tool for law enforcement to target political activists, religious groups, immigrant communities, anyone who might be seeking reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare." - STOP's Will Owen #Flock www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

The Trump admin is using inaccurate IRS data to track down and deport immigrants, and they simply do not care. This is not how an administration truly concerned with carrying out justice comports themselves. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/08/irs-ice-improper-address-sharing-00953261

NYC parents say Mount Sinai plans to share trans children's records with Trump administration gothamist.com/news/nyc-par...

“As with any tool that could be used for surveillance... transparency and reporting is key to accountability. MTA continues to test unproven AI on NYC Transit instead of real infrastructure and safety improvements to the subway.” - STOP's William Owen. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/n...

Join us TODAY, 6:30-8:00PM, at @brooklynhistory for a panel on how surveillance technology is reshaping privacy, protest and policing. This panel features STOP’s Michelle Dahl, Derrick “Dwreck” Ingram @warriorsITG, Olivier Sylvain, and Moustafa Bayoumi. RSVP at: brooklyn.org/event/just-c...

Facial recognition is being sold to landlords as an eviction tool. In our latest op-ed, Fabian Rogers and Jason Taper warn that the technology threatens tenant privacy, rent stabilization, and housing security. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

Join STOP and Brooklyn Org on Wednesday, June 3, at the Center for Brooklyn History for a panel on how surveillance technology is reshaping privacy, protest and policing. This panel features STOP’s Michelle Dahl, Derrick “Dwreck” Ingram, Olivier Sylvain, and Moustafa Bayoumi. #Surveillance

We're headed to NY Tech Week on 6/3 with our friends from Equality New York! 🎉 Join us for From Legislation to Action: Shaping the Future of Privacy in NY to learn about NY's opportunity to become a privacy-defending champion! RSVP: woodhullfreedom.org/4dsHFX2

10 Groups Oppose Bill Providing FOIL Carve-Out for Police @citizensunionny.bsky.social @freedom.press @lwvnys.bsky.social @legalaidnyc.bsky.social @nyclu.org @stopspyingny.bsky.social buff.ly/HixfbhM

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Report Examines Harms of Prison Call Surveillance, Details Policy Recommendations #Surveillance www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

TODAY, 3 PM ET! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us tomorrow, May 28, for a #PowerDownSurveillance webinar on how carceral surveillance is eroding civil liberties and exposing vulnerable communities to false arrest, immigration enforcement, and mass surveillance. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Groups (@freedom.press, @legalaidnyc.bsky.social, @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social, @nyclu.org, NYCOG, @nypirg.bsky.social, @reclaimtherecords.org & @stopspyingny.bsky.social) Urge Legislature to Pass Key FOIL Bills in Final Weeks of Session. See our full statement here: bit.ly/4e7NM4B

“Albert Fox Cahn of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project made a point that is hard to argue with: where there is a camera, it is only one court order away from being used against you in a court of law.” autos.yahoo.com/ev-and-futur...

Next week! Join S.T.O.P., @bklyndefender.bsky.social, @rappcampaign.bsky.social, and the Forensic Evidence Table for a panel on how pervasive call recording erodes fundamental protections for incarcerated people, their families, and their communities. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“More than 160 immigration-related searches appeared in Cleveland’s Flock camera audit logs over a 30-day period — months after the city says it turned on protections designed to block such searches.” www.cleveland.com/news/2026/05...

“The case provides a window into ICE’s expanding use of this surveillance technology across the US, which has raised significant privacy and civil liberties concerns, particularly since the app can yield inaccurate results.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Applauds Syracuse Facial Rec. Ban, Calls on NYC to Follow "Syracuse just showed the rest of New York how to protect residents from facial recognition." - STOP Advocacy and Community Engagement Manager Corinne Worthington #BanTheScan www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

Ten days until our #PowerDownSurveillance webinar on carceral surveillance—register at the link! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Some of the best news we've heard all year. Maybe New York City next! @council.nyc.gov

“Schumer must draw a clear line and protect the privacy rights of New Yorkers afforded by the Constitution: Senate Democrats cannot give this administration a blank check for mass warrantless surveillance.” - S.T.O.P. Executive Director Michelle Dahl www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026...

As NYC moves to renew its contract with Securus, join us on May 28 at 3pm EST for a #PowerDownSurveillance panel on how carceral surveillance normalizes permanent criminal suspicion and an infrastructure of invasive surveillance tools. Register at stopspying.org/events

“The City should be shuttering Rikers, not funneling millions toward another half decade of its AI phone surveillance,” said S.T.O.P. Executive Director Michelle Dahl. statescoop.com/despite-ai-c...

Ten days until our #PowerDownSurveillance webinar on carceral surveillance—register at the link! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"Technology that is designed for white faces, Schwarz said, risks perpetuating biases against people of color." @nyclu.org @daniel-schwarz.bsky.social #FacialRecognition #BanTheScan www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...

Tell your NYC councilmembers to support a ban on biometric surveillance in places of public accommodation, and join us in the fight against surveillance by reporting sites of biometric information-gathering in New York City. #BanTheScan @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social www.stopspying.org/biometric-map

People everywhere are rejecting ICE collaboration any way they can. We must pass New York for All to bring this rejection of Trumpian cruelty statewide! #NY4ALL #ICEOutofNY https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/east-hampton-ice-measure-ttm3ge7n

As NYC moves to renew its contract with Securus, join us on May 28 at 3pm EST for a #PowerDownSurveillance panel on how carceral surveillance normalizes permanent criminal suspicion and an infrastructure of invasive surveillance tools. Register at stopspying.org/events