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Recent reports describe how ICE has used cell phone tracking software to surveil activists in Minneapolis.
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Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
The deal is intended to loosen TikTok’s ties to China and address national security concerns that Beijing could use the app to surveil or manipulate its more than 200 million users in the United States.
—David McCabe, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Lawmakers forced this ownership change over concerns that China could surveil Americans or spread propaganda.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 23 Jan. 2026
In the 1960s and 1970s, the FBI ran a program called COINTEL PRO — the Counterintelligence Program — using personal data to surveil Vietnam War protesters and civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr.
—Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
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Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
The deal is intended to loosen TikTok’s ties to China and address national security concerns that Beijing could use the app to surveil or manipulate its more than 200 million users in the United States.
—David McCabe, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Lawmakers forced this ownership change over concerns that China could surveil Americans or spread propaganda.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 23 Jan. 2026
In the 1960s and 1970s, the FBI ran a program called COINTEL PRO — the Counterintelligence Program — using personal data to surveil Vietnam War protesters and civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr.
—Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveil. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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