I wrote about strongmen, spyware, and the surveillance state for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

The Trump administration has unfrozen a Biden-era hold on powerful Israeli-made spyware, now in the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social on what the contract portends for escalating strongman rule:

In case you missed it: I wrote about killer slop

For @thebaffler.com I wrote about how AI-generated slop is the correlate and counterpoint of AI-powered war thebaffler.com/latest/deadl...

There's been reports of small drones deployed by Israeli forces across Gaza, but what's most astounding here is the link between American crowd funding efforts to arm Israel's military and the targeting of civilians and civilian areas. From @972mag.com www.972mag.com/drones-grena...

A good overview of the thorny implications of the newly enlisted tech execs as reservists by @sklovig.bsky.social with commentary by the excellent @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social and myself.

I was glad to speak with @sklovig.bsky.social about the militarisation of the US’ AI industry It’s an important look at how Silicon Valley is working with the Trump admin to turbocharge AI weapons development

The Christian pilgrims, stranded in Tel Aviv, have gone rogue

Tel Aviv and its surroundings this morning

Was a pleasure to speak with Akela and Chris last week. Thanks to @theintercept.com for hosting this deep dive into the Trump administration's surveillance dragnet

NEW 🎧: It’s the heyday of surveillance capitalism. Attacks on immigrants & pro-Palestine voices have become one under a massive warrantless dragnet — with lessons taken straight from Israel. W/ @chrisgelardi.bsky.social & @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Required reading for my friends out there also studying immigration right now. Also highly recommend the recent @theintercept.com podcast episode with @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social and @chrisgelardi.bsky.social talking about this and more

Looking forward to this conversation on Wednesday, tune in online at 2 PM CET, 8 AM EST

The Trump administration has unleashed a massive domestic surveillance apparatus, thanks to AI systems supplied by major tech firms I wrote about its origins and impact on the ground for @dissentmag.bsky.social and the @theintercept.com www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

The U.S. government is activating a suite of algorithmic surveillance tools, developed in concert with major tech companies, to monitor and criminalize immigrants’ speech. By @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social, published in collaboration with @theintercept.com: www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

For @dissentmag.bsky.social and @theintercept.com I wrote about the origins of "Catch and Revoke" & how AI-assisted surveillance rationalizes ever-more punitive policies in Israel, the US, and beyond www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

"When you hold so much data, you can direct it toward any purpose you choose.” Don't miss the latest from @972mag.bsky.social More confimation that the imperatives of AI development drive mass surveillance & incarceration across Palestine www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...

Important reporting from @972mag.bsky.social Lacking precise intelligence, Israeli troops used bunker-buster bombs & toxic gas to destroy Hamas tunnels despite danger to hostages and civilians. “[the army] said let’s just blow everything up and create destruction” www.972mag.com/tunnels-hama...

I'm in the @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com this morning asking: Who exactly is running the federal government? If we can’t answer that simple question, government officials and civil society must recognize warning signs of state capture and take back what's ours. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

‘In exchange for technology and expertise, the Israeli army offered companies it worked with access to an unlimited supply of data. Many of the deals contravened Silicon Valley’s doveish mission statements and human rights policies.’ @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...

At @lawfare.bsky.social, our searchable table of legal challenges to Trump's executive orders is filling up quickly. Please DM me if we're missing litigation on EOs within our bailiwick. A little crowdsourcing can go a long way. Link here: www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

Last week, a series of leaked documents revealed tech companies' instrumental war in Israel's war efforts I wrote a brief response for the @LRB blog: on Gaza, Silicon Valley, and militarized AI. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...

It's been a big week for news of big tech's role in Israeli war efforts According to @972mag.bsky.social Microsoft developers became so embedded in Israeli intel units they were referred to as “people who are already working with the unit,” as if they were soldiers www.972mag.com/microsoft-az...

New year, new article! I am so delighted to see my piece on venture capital logics, military AI companies and their impact on shaping military norms out with @finandsoc.bsky.social. Open access! #civmilsky #milsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I went to Israel’s first defence tech summit so you didn’t have to Read about Silicon Valley’s warlords in Tel Aviv and the militarised AI “renaissance” www.972mag.com/gaza-war-tru...

Gaza University publishes a call for volunteers to teach remotely. All of Gazas twelve universities have been destroyed or badly damaged through Israeli air strikes or controlled demolitions www.facebook.com/share/p/19f8...

The NYTimes finally published an investigation on the Israeli army’s use of AI systems in Gaza. It’s an important overview of how military heads ordered soldiers to scale up the army’s killing capacities in direct contradiction of international law www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...

Such an absolutely brilliant piece hammering home that the purpose of a system is what it does.

I’m writing a book conclusion that’s also a tiptoe into a new research project, and this review is the first time in a long time that I’ve read something about automated war and realized my head was just nodding up and down the whole time. Thanks @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social for the rec!

Two reading recommendations for today: first, @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social with a book review which makes some very incisive points on the tech sector's recent incursion into security and military matters here: www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

I wrote about the military-AI hype bubble and false promises of security for the @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

“Tech founders now sound like military strategists, promising that unfettered innovation will deliver geopolitical domination.” @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social on the self-serving myths of a new wave of defense tech, from Palantir’s Gotham to Israel’s Gospel:

Excited to be part of this excellent line-up of speakers. Tune in today, in Munich and online I'll be speaking about cultural and political shifts in Israel that set the stage for AI-targeting in Gaza More here: generativemedia.net/event/dronom...

@sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social provides an ethnographic account of how young Palestinian Jerusalemites made use of digital platforms in the summer & fall of 2021 to draw attention to settler violence in their city in spite of intrusive Israeli state surveillance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Withholding government advertising was one of the most powerful weapons in Viktor Orbán's arsenal when he set about dismantling the Hungarian free press www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

It was a pleasure to sit down for this interview with Civicus last week It's an important conversation about AI ethics, a consolidating military industrial complex, and what civil society can do to safeguard human rights lens.civicus.org/interview/ai...

Recently in Document Journal by @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social: "AI systems deployed in Gaza are the apotheosis of a process set in motion in the mid-20th century, when early cyberneticians built up surveillance databases & rudimentary targeting systems for the US’ Department of Defense."

Glad to be featured in this excellent collection of thinkers on AI Essential reading as Silicon Valley's new war mongers assume even more power

A very good read How the terms of decolonial critique used by academics on the left can bolster an ultra-right intent on racism and dehumanization link.springer.com/article/10.1...

10 years ago Musk warned AI weapons would "delete humans like spam" now he's one of the loudest champions of military contracting, framing it as the ultimate test of patriotism for Silicon Valley For more on Trump and Silicon Valley's realignment dig into: theintercept.com/2024/11/17/t...

Indictments against Palestinian social media users have exploded since the 7th. This is an essential dive into Israel's mechanics of control: “the minute you share something, it’s the same as if you’ve created...you’ve taken ownership of the...

I wrote about the May 2021 Uprising in Jerusalem and the limits of algorithmic surveillance for @PalStudies You can read it open access here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3UXHZ7SA5HG7G7Q8KXC3/full?target=10.1080/0377919X.2024.2413463

My latest for the @LRB dives into the roots of Israel's AI-assisted targeting in Gaza It's a story about a military obsessed with building its killing capacities to scale, to the detriment of regional security https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n19/sophia-goodfriend/kill-lists

I wrote about the Israeli government's aims of endless war for @972mag Beneath displays of technological dominance is a regime that has subordinated security to dreams of expansion and annexation https://www.972mag.com/lebanon-war-israeli-army-image/

“They decided to turn them into zombies” Reservists deployed to Sde Teiman offer a view into the systemic abuse and torture of Palestinian detainees. It’s an important and urgent read...

This new report from @972mag laying out tech giants' pivotal role in Israel's war on Gaza is a must read These exchanges are old and run deep. It's a stark reminder of just how much the tech economy thrives off of unending war and...

Jumping back on here to say I succesfully defended my dissertation "Algorithmic Disposession: Automating Warfare in Israel and Palestine" today Looking forward to joining Harvard Kennedy School's Middle East Institute as a Post-doc this fall more (writing) updates to come ;)

For @972mag i dig into the Israeli military’s use of AI targeting systems in Gaza Experts say the real danger lies in how these systems are used. In Gaza, AI has lent the veneer of technical precision to a war marked by unprecedented destruction...

Earlier this month @972mag outlined AI’s pivotal role in Israel's war on Gaza I dive into the human decisions behind all the bloodshed It's a story that implicates Israel's military & broad swaths of a civilian tech sector ...

The latest from @yuval_abraham with @972mag reveals how AI-powered targeting systems have turned all of Gaza into a kill zone--a logic justified vis-a-vis the algorithmic systems of the day https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/