South Asian 26 year old in the UK is the most recent person arrested for a crime he didn't commit due to a bad #facialrecognition match. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/facial-recognition-error-prompts-police-to-arrest-asian-man-for-burglary-100-miles-away

'In a policy memo released Thursday, SJPD Chief Paul Joseph asks the City Council to approve key changes, namely shrinking the retention period for plate data from one year to 30 days' #ALPR https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/02/26/flock-automated-license-plate-readers-police-san-jose/?

"I thought basically, it gets seen by people, and they’d like it, or it just wouldn’t … and it’d just be whatever,” he said. “My main thing is, I’m afraid that a big world of #AI is a big world of zero accountability" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/27/californian-pulls-ai-ballot-measures-citing-openai-intimidation-00803117

"Breaches at #databrokers have cost American consumers more than $20 billion. The estimated losses stem from identity theft linked to just four recent data breaches involving major brokers" https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/02/data-brokers-leak-personal-data-cost-americans-21-billion/

"If LLMs’ success in deanonymizing people improves governments could use them to unmask online critics, corporations could assemble customer profiles for “hyper-targeted advertising,” and attackers could build profiles of targets at scale to launch scams" https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/llms-can-unmask-pseudonymous-users-at-scale-with-surprising-accuracy/

Columbia S.C discovers #ICE was secretly operating an ad-hoc detention center in a partly vacant federal building without the knowledge of the city. https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/ice-columbia-sc-strom-thurmond-building/article_58ecd93c-294b-4003-9215-6c521b23a413.html

"It produced nothing resembling the Swedish children’s book character she had accurately described. Instead, using recently-added artificial intelligence, it generated sexualized imagery of women in lingerie and bikinis" #AI https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/02/ai-images-scandalized-a-california-elementary-school-now-the-state-is-pushing-new-safeguards/

"Bonta said his office has uncovered "countless" interactions where Seattle-based #Amazon, rivals and merchants agreed to fix prices to ensure that Amazon would not be undercut on websites such as eBay (EBAY.O), Target (TGT.N), and Walmart (WMT.O)." #antitrust https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/california-seeks-injunction-stop-amazons-alleged-stifling-price-competition-2026-02-24/

Posse Comitatus in Monterey, "“This week it may be fingering migrants to #ICE. Next week it could be picking up people with anti-Trump bumper stickers" #FortLiggett https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/us-army-base-arrests-ice-military

More #ALPR stalking. "Ayala was using the cameras to track someone he was dating. He looked up the license plate of his partner more than 120 times between March 26 and May 26 of 2025. Ayala listed the reason for his search in the #Flock system as "investigation." https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2026/02/25/mpd-officer-charges-misuse-flock-cameras-milwaukee

"Ramos drew a chilling parallel on Tuesday between the repression her parents experienced under martial law and local residents’ warnings about automated license plate readers contributing to an expanding state #surveillance in their own community" #ALPR https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/02/25/mountain-view-flock-safety-contract-cancellation/?

NPR scoops that Justice Department-censored Epstein docs focus on specific allegations against Trump. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell

Colorado's SB-70 would prevent automated license plate reader queries by law enforcement without a #warrant. #ALPR https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/colorado-bill-requiring-warrant-to-search-license-plate-tracking-database-advances/73-1bd4369f-a168-407f-8079-488bb358f9ef

"Their personal accounts describe an environment of monotony, pain and severe stress as well as claims of insufficient food, water and medical care. One man described life inside #Adelanto as “torture.” https://www.ocregister.com/2026/02/23/it-will-drive-you-crazy-letters-reveal-what-life-is-like-inside-adelanto-ice-detention-center/

A 2020 analysis found that over 2 million people in the state live within a half-mile of an #oil or gas well. About 7.37 million Californians live within 1 mile of a well — nearly one-fifth of the state’s population — with low-income communities and communities of color disproportionately exposed. https://edsource.org/2026/schools-oil-wells-california/751775

There is an answer to mass media and big tech exclusion, but only if we don't let #publicaccess go away. https://mediaburn.org/celebrating-the-black-history-of-public-access-tv/

Judge who issued #warrant for DOJ to raid the home of Washington Post Reporter is mad at DOJ for misleading him. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/judge-rips-washington-post-fbi-reporter-warrant

"When San Francisco officials installed #speedcameras at 33 roads and intersections last year, they said the goal was to nudge drivers to be more careful, not saddle them with tickets. In 2024, San Francisco authorities issued just over 26,000 traffic tickets. In 2025, that figure increased to 122,000" https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/speed-camera-ticket-san-francisco-21347688.php

Indiana is one of only two US states that does not permit journalists to witness the carrying out of the #DeathPenalty in the state. https://www.courthousenews.com/news-outlets-ask-seventh-circuit-for-access-to-observe-indiana-executions/

"The report looks at more than 150 claims made by tech companies about how "#AI will serve as a net #climate benefit.” Joshi’s analysis finds that just a quarter of those claims were backed up by academic research, while more than a third did not publicly cite any evidence at all" https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-says-generative-ai-will-save-the-planet-it-doesnt-offer-much-proof/