{"id":96428,"date":"2026-02-20T20:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/894210673"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:35:35","slug":"surveillance-tech-no-place-left-to-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/surveillance-tech-no-place-left-to-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Surveillance Tech: No Place Left to Hide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americancommunitymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Surveillance-Tech.png?ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-friday-feb-27-2026-11-00am-2-00pm-pt\"><strong>Friday, Feb 27, 2026 | 11:00am \u2013 2:00pm PT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-world-affairs-center-312-sutter-street-san-francisco-ca\">World Affairs Center<br \/>312 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-register-at-eventbrite\"><strong>Register at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/no-place-left-to-hide-a-news-briefing-on-surveillance-technology-tickets-1983382081196?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Eventbrite<\/a><\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-look-for-livestream-link-coming-soon\"><strong>Look for Livestream Link:<\/strong> Coming Soon<\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-event-overview-nbsp\"><strong>Event Overview:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This in-person media briefing will explore critical questions surrounding the dramatic expansion of surveillance technology, from data dragnets to facial recognition systems, driven by the mass deportation campaign. While the focus has been on the brutality of ICE raids, there\u2019s growing awareness that the implications reach far beyond \u2014 most recently the requests that tech firms share the names of online critics, as well as demands for state voting records, public benefits data, and tax information. The panelists will examine the potential consequences on free speech, political participation and democratic safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>We are holding the event in San Francisco, the home of AI technology, which has, so far, been spared the ICE surge that is being witnessed in Minneapolis and other cities. On October 23, 2025, Daniel Lurie, the mayor of San Francisco, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sf.gov\/news-mayor-luries-statement-on-federal-government-calling-off-potential-federal-deployment-in-san-francisco\">announced<\/a> that \u201cthe president told him clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco.\u201d Despite several FOIA attempts by local media, no details of this conversation have been released, which raises important questions of transparency and accountability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The event will include two panels<\/strong>: one mapping the dramatic expansion of surveillance technology and the second hearing from activists on the ground. A light lunch will be served.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-guest-speakers\"><strong>Guest Speakers:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ariel G Ruiz Soto<\/strong>, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacob Snow<\/strong>, Technology and Civil Liberties Attorney, ACLU of Northern California<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacob Ward<\/strong>, Journalist and Author of <em>In the Loop<\/em>: <em>How Technology is Creating a World without<\/em><em> <\/em><em>Choices and How to Fight Back<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Pinto<\/strong>, Storyteller in the AI Industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jaya Padmanabhan, jaya@americancommunitymedia.org<\/li>\n<li>Li Lovett, llovett@americancommunitymedia.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-background\" id=\"h-presented-by-nbsp-acom\">Presented by&nbsp;<strong>ACoM<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; dramatic expansion of surveillance <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span>, from data dragnets to &#8230; recently the requests that <span class=\"match\">tech<\/span> firms share the names &#8230; dramatic expansion of surveillance <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> and the second &#8230; Policy Institute Jacob Snow, <span class=\"match\">Technology<\/span> and Civil Liberties Attorney, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}