Justice

Mike Katz-Lacabe has become a leading voice in the fight for privacy rights in America. He founded The Center for Human Rights and Privacy with his wife, Margarita Lacab, to tackle growing concerns about government surveillance. Katz-Lacabe’s work focuses on how local police and government agencies use surveillance technologies to track citizens. His efforts have […]

According to a public records request, Unicorn Riot has discovered that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) has used fake social media accounts to monitor people and protests. The documents obtained provide insight into the workings of the MPD’s Strategic Information Center (SIC), where intelligence analysts use secretive techniques to collect information. Strategic Information Center, a Clearinghouse for

After a year of thorough exploration, major salvage efforts, and substantial improvements, the Air Force announced that the Air National Guard intelligence unit accused in last year’s major classified documents leak incident is set to resume its mission starting this Saturday. Incident Background The 102nd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group faced suspension since the middle

A report from BuzzFeed News revealed that the U.S. government operates what’s probably the world’s largest aerial surveillance program. From Monday to Friday, planes operated by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) circle over cities across America-carrying high-tech cameras or even, in some cases, wiretapping equipment like cell phone interception devices. Scale

In 2020, protests spread across the US as Black Lives Matter gained strength. Behind the scenes, during the large rallies President Trump called for fierce crackdowns on so-called “antifa” and sent a sinister tweet that suggested violence-just a week after welcoming white supremacists As crowds gathered to demand justice and equality, a disturbing trend emerged