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Prosecutors Charge OpenAI Engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan Over Recorder Hidden in Meeting Room

Oct 14, 2026

The Rundown AI

Federal prosecutors charge OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national, with hiding a recorder in a company meeting room to eavesdrop on leaders. OpenAI says its own models helped trace the device, found Sept. 30 inside toilet paper behind a TV. U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian calls it a national security matter.

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D.C. Circuit Upholds Pentagon Ban on Anthropic’s Claude for Military and Defense Contractors

Sep 28, 2026

CNBC

A divided D.C. Circuit panel upholds the Pentagon’s supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic, keeping Claude barred from military and defense-contractor use after talks collapsed over safeguards against autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance.

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Meta Faces Federal Class Action Over Alleged Use of Children’s Photos to Train AI

Sep 15, 2026

The AI Report

Meta faces a federal class-action lawsuit alleging it used children’s Facebook and Instagram photos without consent to train its unreleased NameTag facial-recognition system and generative AI models.

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Flock Safety Launches AI Tool That Tracks Drivers and Builds Dossiers With No Suspect or Crime Required

Aug 20, 2026

WIRED

Flock Safety launches OS Investigate, an AI surveillance tool now active across 6,000+ communities that tracks drivers, maps movement patterns, and builds detailed dossiers using license plates, arrest records, and 911 logs — requiring no suspect, plate, or crime to initiate a search, sparking serious constitutional concerns over warrantless mass surveillance.

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26 Workers Sue Meta, Claiming AI Tools Unfairly Targeted Employees on Medical and Family Leave in Mass Layoffs

Jul 14, 2026

Ars Technica

26 former Meta employees are suing the tech giant, claiming its AI tools — including 'Metamate' and keystroke-monitoring dashboards — unfairly targeted workers on medical, family, and disability leave during its 8,000-person layoff, with plaintiffs seeking an injunction, independent audit, and alleging violations of the ADA, FMLA, and Pregnancy Discrimination Act, while Meta denies the claims.

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Meta Disables Camera on Smart Glasses When Privacy LED Is Tampered With

Jul 09, 2026

The Verge

Meta rolls out a smart glasses update that automatically disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with or destroyed, responding to growing misuse concerns including harassment incidents, facial recognition backlash, and rising bans at public venues.

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Federal Agencies Surveilling Americans Critical of AI and Data Centers Under New 'Anti-Tech Violent Extremism' Label, Documents Reveal

May 27, 2026

WIRED

Newly obtained FOIA documents reveal that DHS, FBI, and fusion centers are surveilling Americans who criticize AI and data centers under a new 'anti-tech violent extremism' label, with civil liberties experts warning that constitutionally protected speech and peaceful protest are being swept into domestic terrorism frameworks.

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FBI and DHS Surveil Rise of Anti-AI Extremism as Public Trust in Technology Collapses

May 27, 2026

The Deep View

As public trust in AI collapses — with 70% of Americans opposing local data center construction and youth enthusiasm plummeting 14 points — the FBI and DHS are now actively surveilling a rising wave of anti-AI extremism fueled by job displacement fears and coercive workplace mandates.

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Meta Employees Protest Mouse-Tracking Software With Flyers, Petition Across U.S. Offices

May 13, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Meta employees are fighting back against newly installed mouse-tracking software, plastering protest flyers across U.S. offices and launching a petition that invokes federal labor protections, as the company defends the surveillance tool as essential for training AI agents.

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EFF Warns Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Put Bystanders’ Privacy at Risk

Mar 10, 2026

Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF warns that Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses threaten bystander privacy because Meta AI automatically imports captured media and may expose some AI-training videos to human reviewers, while Meta has discussed adding facial recognition.

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