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

Read the full investigation: www.levernews.com/the-ice-surv...

🚨 ICE awarded a $12M immigrant-tracking contract to a tiny vendor whose “lead computer scientist” was represented by a stock photo also used by therapy and life-coaching sites. After The Lever asked questions, the executive vanished from its website.

“Tisch is using digitized stop-and-frisk tactics as pretext to place more officers on the streets in Black and Latino neighborhoods. NYPD labels people who haven’t committed any crime as ‘gang members’ based on stereotypes." - Jason Taper, S.T.O.P. Legal Fellow nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/14/c...

"...Brooklyn Defenders warned of 'a community surveillance apparatus that reaches far beyond jail walls, sweeping up the families, friends, and communities of incarcerated New Yorkers without their knowledge.'" @bklyndefender.bsky.social #Securus #Rikers www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/12/r...

From grocery stores to arenas, businesses to residences, facial recognition is everywhere in New York. It’s time to #BanTheScan. Visit banthescan.org to join the fight. #PowerDownSurveillance #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #NYC

From grocery stores to arenas, businesses to residences, facial recognition is everywhere in New York. It’s time to #BanTheScan. Visit banthescan.org to join the fight. #PowerDownSurveillance #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #NYC

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Welcomes Mamdani Review of NYPD Contract With ICE Vendor "The NYPD should not be in business with anyone sharing data with ICE." - STOP Executive Director Michelle Dahl #NYPD #ICE #VigilantSolutions www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

Hi, @nypost.com — We see you can't stop writing about us — and honestly, it makes sense. When you spend the editorial pages defending the NYPD, you might not like the people working to end their mass surveillance of New Yorkers.

"The smart glasses, if they came to fruition, would be yet another technological escalation in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign." www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Welcomes Halt On Citi Bike Facial Rec. Rollout "Facial recognition does not keep young New Yorkers safe, it erodes their privacy." - S.T.O.P. Executive Director Michelle Dahl #FacialRecognition #CitiBike www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

"We need to fix the unaffordability of transit, which is why bus riders skip the fare. This is just another move to make transit in N.Y.C. exclusive and out of reach for lower-income New Yorkers." - STOP Communications Director Will Owen #MTA www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/n...

In case you missed our Thursday #PowerDownSurveillance webinar, we're sharing an overview of how algorithms & law enforcement collide to monitor students and fortify the school-to-prison pipeline. Visit the link to learn more about AI-driven student surveillance: www.stopspying.org/jep-stop-pol...

"What makes Flock alarming is the scale of its surveillance network – there are more than 80,000 Flock cameras across the US – and the ease with which data can be accessed." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A huge thanks to all the volunteer advocates who joined us to #BanTheScan in New York! Visit banthescan.org to learn more about our campaign to end biometric surveillance across the city. www.brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-org...

Join us today at 6pm EST!

S.T.O.P. Research Director Eleni Manis adds that there is a real concern with officers using armed robots to make life-or-death decisions from a distance: "They may not appreciate the gravity of what they're doing, and they may get it wrong." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

"The concern is that officers who aren't actually on the ground with full awareness of the situation will be making life or death decisions." - STOP Research Director Eleni Manis #NYPD gothamist.com/news/council...

The Trump administration has been aggressively targeting immigrant communities and raising serious concerns about civil & human rights. Don't miss this discussion with Lauren Bonds, Executive Director of @npapjustice.bsky.social, @vox.com's @imillhiser.bsky.social, and our @rachelrossi.bsky.social.

Happening this Thursday, April 30! Join us for a #PowerDownSurveillance webinar at 6pm on how algorithms that bring together surveillance, disciplinary action, and law enforcement are changing students and schools. #Surveillance us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

With a geofence warrant, police can access your data without probable cause. The Supreme Court is deciding whether this violates the Constitution, while New York considers a full ban on these warrants. Find out more about advocating to stop geofencing at www.stopspying.org/geolocation-...

At the oral arguments in Chatrie v. US yesterday, "Roberts worried aloud that, if the government were to prevail, it could use geofence warrants 'to find out the identities of everybody at a particular church, a particular political organization.'" Read more. www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/just...

"The rapid growth of facial recognition over the last decade has raised concerns among privacy experts who caution that such data can easily be turned over to law enforcement entities or make companies hacking targets." www.latimes.com/california/s...

Happening this Thursday, April 30! Join us for a #PowerDownSurveillance webinar at 6pm on how algorithms that bring together surveillance, disciplinary action, and law enforcement are changing students and schools. #Surveillance us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"Workers have almost no federal right to refuse, and ‘consent’ obtained under threat of termination isn’t consent at all." - STOP Legal Director Darío Maestro #Meta #AI #AItraining www.fastcompany.com/91530650/met...

"A taxi from JFK to Midtown should never cost hundreds of dollars, but automated license plate readers are also a scam." - STOP Communications Director Will Owen #JFK #ALPRs #PortAuthority www.popsci.com/technology/f...

Los Angeles has used its Drones as First Responder program, similar to the one operated by the NYPD, "not only to respond to emergencies, but also to monitor multiple protests across Los Angeles." theintercept.com/2026/04/20/l...

"Those siding with Chatrie say [the case] could have broader implications for financial records, search history records, chatbot records and more." cyberscoop.com/supreme-cour...

S.T.O.P. is joining Brooklyn Org for Volunteer Day this Saturday, April 25! Read more about the day's events at the link, and register for our #BanTheScan advocacy session at stopspying.org/events www.bkreader.com/non-profit-c...

Join us next Thursday, April 30, at 6pm for a webinar on how the lives of students today are being shaped by algorithms that bring together surveillance, disciplinary action, and law enforcement. Register at the link! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us next Thursday, April 30, at 6pm for a webinar on how the lives of students today are being shaped by algorithms that bring together surveillance, disciplinary action, and law enforcement. Register at the link! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A state bill to restrict the sharing of data from ALPRs is a necessary step to limit surveillance. The public is "tired of the fact that every single thing they do...is being collected and cataloged and cross-referenced to potentially be used against them." -Jerome Greco @legalaidnyc.bsky.social

“MSG’s surveillance is already bad enough within its venues, but spying on protesters and sports fans on social media takes it to another level,” said Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Executive Director Michelle Dahl in response to our @wired.com story.

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Condemns MSG Entertainment Surveillance of Protesters, Sports Fans On Social Media #MSGEntertainment #JamesDolan #surveillance www.stopspying.org/content-inpu...

New Yorkers have known for a long time that going to a game or concert at the Garden meant surrendering some privacy. That, as you watched the show, the Garden in a real sense watched you. www.wired.com/story/madiso...

Kimberlee Williams spent months in jail after being misidentified by facial recognition software, all while police failed to consider counter-evidence. Biometric surveillance tools don't make communities safer––they exacerbate bias, misconduct, and overreach. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

S.T.O.P. is thrilled to see two Syracuse lawmakers introduce a citywide bill banning biometric surveillance, "ensuring that emerging technologies are deployed in a manner consistent with transparency, accountability, and civil liberties." Read more. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/04...