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3 days ago | 
techpolicy.press | Petra Molnar
Widespread surveillance leads to abuses of power, discrimination, and the stifling of freedom of expression, writes Petra Molnar.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thebulletin.org | Petra Molnar |Thomas Gaulkin
Graffiti adorns the border in Nogales, Mexico. Photo by Petra Molnar In December 2024, president-elect Donald J. Trump was named Time’s Person of the Year. Immigration ran like a current through his interview for the magazine, and Trump reiterated his goals again: “Whatever it takes to get them out. I don't care. Honestly, whatever it takes to get them out...
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
scroll.in | Petra Molnar
At a press conference on December 17, the Canadian federal government announced proposed new measures to expand its management of Canada’s border with the United States. These measures were intended to appease the incoming Trump administration and to avoid a threatened 25% import tariff. The proposal includes expansions of border technologies, including Royal Canadian Mounted Police counterintelligence, 24/7 surveillance between ports of entry, helicopters, drones and mobile towers.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
justsecurity.org | Petra Molnar
(Editor’s Note: This is the next installment of our series, “Tech Policy under Trump 2.0.” Read the first article in the series here). The day after Donald Trump was reelected U.S. president, stocks in private prison firms soared. These firms may soon expand prisons to house detainees awaiting deportation and propel an increase in surveillance and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technologies to accomplish this task.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
wired.jp | Petra Molnar
世界中のビジョナリーや起業家、ビッグシンカーがキーワードを掲げ、2025年の最重要パラダイムを読み解く恒例の総力特集「THE WORLD IN 2025」。移民と人権を専門とする法律家ペトラ・モルナルは、テクノロジーが移民問題への「政治的に都合のいい解決策」になっていると警告する。 「カーサ・デ・ラ・エスペランサ（希望の家）」という保護シェルターには、チョウの一種であるオオカバマダラのロゴが付いている。シェルターはメキシコのササベという、米国との国境沿いの静かな町にある。設立者のドラ・ロドリゲスは、1980年代にエルサルバドルから米国への危険な越境を自ら経験した人物だ。 1日の利用者は平均50人。温かい食事やシャワーが提供され、家族や弁護士に電話もかけられる。利用者たちは何週間も荒涼とした土地をさまよって、ひどいけがをしている。足は水ぶくれ、皮膚もボロボロだ。性的暴行が横行し、死も身近なところにある。「尊厳バッグ」に必需品が詰められ、配給用食料が仕分けされる部屋の壁には大きな地図が貼ってある。地図上に何千もある赤い点は、そこで人が亡くなったことを意味している。...
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Petra Molnar
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___Author: Petra Molnar, Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab, York University, CanadaAt a press conference on Dec. 17, the Canadian federal government announced proposed new measures to expand its management of Canada’s border with the United States.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Petra Molnar
At a press conference on Dec. 17, the Canadian federal government announced proposed new measures to expand its management of Canada’s border with the United States. These measures were intended to appease the incoming Trump administration and to avoid a threatened 25 per cent import tariff. The proposal includes expansions of border technologies, including RCMP counterintelligence, 24/7 surveillance between ports of entry, helicopters, drones and mobile towers.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
techpolicy.press | Petra Molnar
Petra Molnar is the author of The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in The Age of Artificial Intelligence, published by The New Press in 2024. Migration continues to be a highly contested political issue around the world. In the United States, immigration was one of the deciding issues in this year’s presidential election. Since his re-election on November 5, 2024, President-elect Donald J.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Petra Molnar
Chilling new book shows how states like Israel control borders using inhumane, experimental surveillance technology We are staring down at the barrel of an automatic rifle, held by a nineteen-year-old. This soldier is one of three giving us a private "escort" through the occupied city of Hebron in the West Bank of Palestine.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Petra Molnar
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___Author: Petra Molnar, Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab, York University, CanadaIn late May 2024, I travelled to the United States-Mexico border to study the smart-wall addition to the border structure.
