Israel is an expert in mass surveillance technology, not only automating apartheid in the West Bank, but also testing it on Palestinians and selling it around the world – how common is this tech around you and why it should scare you.

A thread🧵 In the global surveillance industry, Israel owns 27 companies, the highest number per capita. Israeli military has a decades-long history of working on developing tech and software, and then taking these ideas outside the military and developing them in the private sector without much oversight, especially when most of the testing is carried out on the Palestine “laboratory.”

Israel is using close range remote controlled quadcopters to commit massacres on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Thread 🧵 Over the last two decades, there has been a surge in the use of remote-controlled, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAE, or drones) for military purposes by the IOF, especially in Gaza. These drones have precise eavesdropping instruments, high-quality cameras, and weaponry to perform a variety of tasks, from surveying to deploying tear gas to sniping and killing civilians.

The TikTok ban - what it means, why it’s important, and what are its implications.

A thread 🧵 The “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” calls for ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to sell the app within about five months of the law passing or face removal from U.S. app stores.

The House voted overwhelmingly (352-65) on 3/13/24 to approve the bill.

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What is happening in Rafah?

Quick 🧵 “More than 1.3 million people, including 610,000 children, are trapped in Rafah, which constitutes less than one-fifth of Gaza's total land mass.”

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