#BorderTech
Mentioned this before, but something I think people should keep an eye on is how closely connected Anduril and Palantir will be to the deportation/immigration enforcement efforts, because I can definitely see technocapital/Andreessen Horowitz funding borderTech.
January 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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January 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Ofc,you can also explore the "Dying on Camera" map itself here: www.technologyreview.com/border-map/

#bordertech #surveillancetech
September 21, 2026 at 11:28 PM
🚨Are you a person on the move interested in #BorderTech? Apply for our THIRD annual fellowship application with @migrationtechmonitor.com and @refugeelawlab.bsky.social!

Application materials (in whatever language!) are due December 31st 2024 www.migrationtechmonitor.com/aboutmtmfell...

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December 5, 2024 at 8:50 PM
One of the most meaningful projects I've had the privilege of co-creating is @migrationtech.bsky.social. Today, our THIRD fellowship for people-on-the-move is open for applications. Are you interested in #bordertech, AI, and surveillance? Please apply!

Learn more here: www.migrationtechmonitor.com
🚨 Our THIRD Fellowship is OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS! Are you a person-on-the-move or currently living under occupation and interested in #bordertech?

Learn more here and join our community! We look forward to hearing from you! Due by Dec 31st 2024 www.migrationtechmonitor.com/aboutmtmfell...
November 12, 2024 at 10:04 PM
🚨 Great new project by Algorithm Watch lead by @fabiochiusi.bsky.social pulling together research, policy briefs, and coalition building on #bordertech in the EU - including a great list tracking private companies and research projects!

algorithmwatch.org/en/automatio...
Automation on the Move - AlgorithmWatch
Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making (ADM) are increasingly being experimented with and used on migrants, refugees, and travelers. Too often, this is done withou...
algorithmwatch.org
November 28, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Die Forscherin Petra Molnar warnt – auch mit Blick auf die kommende Trump-Präsidentschaft vor „hochriskanten und unregulierten Grenztechnologien“, die Folgen für „jeden Aspekt der Migration“ haben. Womit sie rechnet hat sie mir in diesem Interview erzählt #bordertech

taz.de/Juristin-ueb...
Juristin über KI und Migration: „Was an den Grenzen passiert, bleibt nicht dort“
Weltweit überwachen Staaten ihre Grenzen mit neuen Technologien. Die Juristin Petra Molnar warnt vor den Folgen.
taz.de
November 16, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Borders kill.

Made all the more deadly with increasing #bordertech and surveillance!
60 620 people killed by Fortress Europe since 1993.

bozafii.org, a migrant organization in Senegal printed the list of names. The list is 98 meters long.

Campaign by UNITED for Intercultural Action: "Fortress Europe No More Deaths.” About the list: unitedagainstrefugeedeaths.eu/about-the-ca...
November 14, 2024 at 4:39 PM
🚨 Our THIRD Fellowship is OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS! Are you a person-on-the-move or currently living under occupation and interested in #bordertech?

Learn more here and join our community! We look forward to hearing from you! Due by Dec 31st 2024 www.migrationtechmonitor.com/aboutmtmfell...
November 12, 2024 at 9:46 PM
🚨The Great White North: To appease the incoming Trump administration (and avoid a 25% import tariff) Canada announces an expansion to #bordertech, including counter surveillance for the RCMP, 24/7 surveillance between ports of entry, helicopters, drones, and mobile towers
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
Border Plan: Minister LeBlanc Shares Details – December 17, 2024
Dominic LeBlanc, the minister of finance and intergovernmental affairs, holds a news conference on Parliament Hill to outline the federal government’s border plan. He is joined by ministers Marc Mille...
www.cpac.ca
December 18, 2024 at 12:31 AM
My first book is called "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of AI."

Based on 6 years of work from Mexico to Greece to Palestine, it shares stories of people hurt by #bordertech

More info: thenewpress.com/books/walls-...

Some photos: www.petramolnar.com/the-walls-ha... 💙📚 #booksky
November 18, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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January 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The @migrationtechmonitor.com started as an archive and a platform in 2020 but grew into a community of collaboration, care, and co-creation of knowledge on #bordertech. Since 2022, we have incubated ten colleagues-on-the-move from Mexico to Sudan to Palestine for a year long fellowship 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 8:50 PM
MTM 2023 Fellow @vmreports.bsky.social writes about the demise of the CBP One applications and the impacts on border communities in the age of Trump 2.0: www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/the-sud...
#humanrights #bordercrossing #asylumseekers #bordertech #usmexicoborder
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
House GOP bill could pause state AI laws for 10 yrs, cut green tech & CFPB funds, while boosting border surveillance. A big shakeup for innovation & rights if the Senate agrees. #AIpolicy #TechRegulation #BorderTech
May 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
US Customs is calling for new facial recognition tech to capture everyone in a vehicle at borders, even backseat passengers. Current systems struggle with full vehicle coverage and accuracy. #BorderTech #FacialRecognition #Privacy
May 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Heads up drivers: CBP is expanding facial recognition to scan everyone in vehicles leaving the US. This data could be used to track self-deportations, a new layer in border tech. #FacialRecognition #SurveillanceState #BorderTech
May 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🚨زمالتنا الثالثة مفتوحة لتقديم الطلبات! هل أنت شخص متنقل أو تعيش حاليًا تحت الاحتلال ومهتم بـ ⁦‪#bordertech‬⁩؟

‏تعرف على المزيد هنا وانضم إلى مجتمعنا! ونحن نتطلع الى الاستماع منك! مستحق بحلول 31 ديسمبر 2024 ⁦‪

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November 12, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Judith Cabrera borderlinecrisis.org/home, Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com, Paras Shah @pshah518 on X, and Clara Apt @claraapt25 on X discuss how border technologies impact migration in light of US President Trump's second term. #humanrights #bordercrossing #asylumseekers #bordertech #usmexicoborder
Border Line Crisis Center
Servicios para migrantes y la comunidad deportada y albergue operada con perspectiva de género, desde un enfoque horizontal e interseccional.
borderlinecrisis.org
January 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
(Edit: The corrected link to the emergency app is www.azfamily.com/2025/01/23/m... . As we are still unsure of the parameters of the app and possible privacy and safety repercussions, please use at your own risk.) #dataandprivacyday #peopleonthemove #humanrights #bordertech
Mexico launches emergency alert app for migrants in the U.S.
Mexican migrants living in the U.S. now have a way to alert their families if they’ve been detained or deported with a new mobile app, ConsulApp Contigo, which the Mexican government has launched.
www.azfamily.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM