When our ppl began to ask us:
"How did ICE know that I lived here? How did they know that so & so is my cousin? How did they know that I worked at this place and would travel from this location everyday?"
—Jacinta González
We realized that ICE was accessing our private data.
"How did ICE know that I lived here? How did they know that so & so is my cousin? How did they know that I worked at this place and would travel from this location everyday?"
—Jacinta González
We realized that ICE was accessing our private data.
This realization lead us to begin researching & uncovering the tech companies propping up ICE's massive data surveillance system.
You can read the report here 👇
mijente.net/2018/10/whos-b…
You can read the report here 👇
mijente.net/2018/10/whos-b…
Thru our research we learned that over 15% of DHS's budget is exclusively dedicated to data management.
That means the surveillance, arrest & deportation of our ppl is a lucrative business for tech.
And thus, we began to call out those tech companies:
That means the surveillance, arrest & deportation of our ppl is a lucrative business for tech.
And thus, we began to call out those tech companies:
Amazon Web Services provides ICE's cloud services.
Palantir provides data analytics to ICE agents.
Thomson Reuters sells bulk data to ICE to track and surveil people.
And, because there are no real legal frameworks to rein in this, we began #NoTechForICE
Palantir provides data analytics to ICE agents.
Thomson Reuters sells bulk data to ICE to track and surveil people.
And, because there are no real legal frameworks to rein in this, we began #NoTechForICE
These companies are willing to work with a rogue agency that cages children and continues to imprison people during a global pandemic.
The tech given to these agencies is just furthering the human rights abuses they commit as they surveil, detain & deport people w. no oversight.
The tech given to these agencies is just furthering the human rights abuses they commit as they surveil, detain & deport people w. no oversight.
Now these same co., like Palantir, are creating programs to monitor ppl's health during #COVID19.
The tech enablement of law enforcement abuses is getting worse.
As communities are calling to #DefundThePolice & invest in communities, police are calling for more surveillance.
The tech enablement of law enforcement abuses is getting worse.
As communities are calling to #DefundThePolice & invest in communities, police are calling for more surveillance.
In cities across the country, budgets are being slashed while the police budget is left untouched.
Meaning there is still a market for tech companies to position themselves as a "race neutral" alternative to & improvement of policing.
Meaning there is still a market for tech companies to position themselves as a "race neutral" alternative to & improvement of policing.
And trust us, tech co. are READY to build & sell products to police depts. that are looking to rebrand.
We must fight this.
Jacinta said it best:
"There needs to be an analysis that does not position tech as an alternative, as something that is going to improve the system..
We must fight this.
Jacinta said it best:
"There needs to be an analysis that does not position tech as an alternative, as something that is going to improve the system..
"..but that actually starts to look at public health & public safety as the things that they are, which are systems created to give people their basic human rights & access to services. Instead of using policing as an excuse to control communities of color across the globe."
