NSO Group Ordered to Pay Meta $167 Million in Damages

Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, dissidents and others.

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How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.

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N.Y. Leaders Considering Ban on Wearing Face Masks in Public

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing for a partial ban on face coverings, wading into a contentious issue that has arisen amid protests on campus.

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‘Let’s Not Talk About It’: 5 Years Later, China’s Covid Shadow Lingers

People who endured the longest Covid restrictions in the world are still grappling with what they lost: their loved ones, their livelihoods, their dignity.

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Two Members of Privacy Watchdog, Summarily Fired by Trump, File Lawsuit

The case joins a rising number of legal challenges to President Trump’s firing spree that has violated limits on his power.

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Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed by Senate as Trump’s Director of National Intelligence

The Senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm her earlier in the day. The success of one of President Trump’s more divisive cabinet candidates shows his domination over the Republican Senate.

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The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Border enforcement agencies have spent billions assembling surveillance tools to track and find people. These could be critical in President Trump’s immigration agenda.

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Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog

The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.

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Little-Known Intelligence Agency Outlines Limits on Spying

The move by an agency within the Department of Homeland Security was part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to strengthen oversight and set clear guidelines for handling intelligence.

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The Ordinary Explanations Behind the Reported Drone Sightings

As tips roll in, most reported incidents involve piloted planes and hobby drones, not foreign spying or secret programs, officials say.

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