States & Localities

A review of Byron Tau, "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State" (Crown, 2024).

AI-powered surveillance facilitates authoritarianism across the globe. Here’s how courts and lawmakers could stop it from happening here.

China’s digital yuan could set a global precedent for programmable money—and for state-controlled financial surveillance.

Restricting direct data broker sales to China is a start—but privacy and security controls on personal data must go much broader.

U.S. intelligence agencies have never stolen foreign commercial and technology secrets. It’s time to rethink that taboo.

A flawed decision muddies the rules governing querying of the FISA Section 702 database.

A Justice Department report reflects early success and shortcomings of the agreement, especially around protecting U.S. cybersecurity.

A review of Mejias and Couldry, “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” (University of Chicago Press, 2024).

We rely on providers to resist improper surveillance. The Justice Department uses a “moot and scoot” tactic to hobble this protection.

The ruling may encourage inclusion of a warrant requirement for U.S. person queries in next year’s Section 702 reauthorization.