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How to Build a Human; A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias. by Jordan Smith Originally published on February 2, 2025. Republished with permission from The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2025/02/02/forensic-dna-phenotyping-parabon-nanolabs-police/, an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to …
From Witness Descriptions to Digital Mugshots: AI’s Growing Role in Policing by James Mills Police departments across the United States are increasingly using artificial intelligence (“AI”) to generate composite sketches of suspects based on witness descriptions, accelerating an investigative process that once relied solely on human artists. The adoption of …
The Algocracy Agenda: How AI and the Deep State Are Digitizing Tyranny by John & Nisha Whitehead This column was originally published on May 29, 2025, on Rutherford.org. It has been reprinted with permission   “If one company or small group of people manages to develop godlike digital superintelligence, they …
Article • July 1, 2025 • from CLN July, 2025
Not-­So-­Friendly Neighborhood Spidernet: Emerging Mass Surveillance Tool to Weave a Web Around Your Digital Life by Michael Thompson P olice have long sought tools to monitor and predict criminal activity with precision, and a new system called Spidernet brings that vision closer to reality. Developed by researchers at the University …
Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024
Colorado Law Enforcement Agencies Will Soon Send Drones Instead of Cops in Response to 911 Calls by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In May of 2024, Shelly Bradbury reported in the Denver Post that “[a] handful of local law enforcement agencies are considering using drones as first responders, that is, …
Article • February 15, 2021 • from CLN March, 2021
ACLU Spotlights FBI’s Encryption-Breaking Tool in Freedom of Information Suit by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) has peeled back the curtain of secrecy on the FBI’s undisclosed in-house capability of unlocking encrypted cellphones and other electronic devices. The ACLU had unsuccessfully sought information on …
Article • February 15, 2021 • from CLN March, 2021
The Need for Legislation Governing Police Use of Robots by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a December 2020 report in the libertarian magazine Reason, Bonnie Kristian presents a compelling case for legislation governing use of robots by police. She begins by comparing robots to the implementation and expanded use …