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ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations

Caroline Haskins / wired - A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.

#bigdata #analytics #dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #DHS #immigration #law #digitalprivacy #advertising

ICE being able to remain masked and anonymous is one of those system-level bugs with American democracy the Trump administration seems intent on exploiting www.theverge.com/policy/86720...

5 wks / bsky / @reckless.bsky.social / reckless.bsky.social

Only 31 percent of Americans think ICE agents should be allowed to wear masks. After a Reagan-appointed federal judge heard out the reasoning for the masks, he called it “disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable.” www.theverge.com/policy/86720...

5 wks / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

FAA creates drone no-fly zone for ICE operations

5 wks / reddit / /u/ya-reddit-acct

Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation

5 wks / reddit / /u/ya-reddit-acct

ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds on Medicaid Data

5 wks / ycombinator

Furor erupts after second fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota

5 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?

5 wks / theverge / Sarah Jeong

Palantir has no place in UK public services: From ICE to Gaza, Palantir is complicit in violent US hegemony. Why do we keep giving it contracts?

5 wks / reddit / /u/RewardEquivalent553

NEW: ICE is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that could “directly support investigations activities,” reports @carolinehaskins.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/ice-as...

5 wks / bsky / @lmatsakis.bsky.social / lmatsakis.bsky.social

New: Amid the escalating situation in Minneapolis, ICE posted in the Federal Register asking companies to provide info about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities” www.wired.com/story/ice-as...

5 wks / bsky / @carolinehaskins.bsky.social / carolinehaskins.bsky.social

NEW: ICE is conducting research into further use of ADINT/"Big Data" to support "investigations activities" by @carolinehaskins.bsky.social

5 wks / bsky / @dell.bsky.social / dell.bsky.social

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations [GIFT LINK]

5 wks / reddit / /u/wiredmagazine

ICE Releases RFI for User Tracking Tools

5 wks / ycombinator

ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations

5 wks / wired / Caroline Haskins

ICE Is Scanning Civilians’ Faces, Telling Them They’re Being Entered Into a Terrorism Database

5 wks / reddit / /u/Wagamaga

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SEC to dismiss Gemini Earn lawsuit with prejudice after full investor recovery, ending three-year battle

Zack Abrams / theblock - The dismissal follows the 100% in-kind return of crypto assets to Gemini Earn investors through the Genesis Global Capital bankruptcy process.

#fintech #crypto #finance #judiciary #law #litigation #sec #gemini #crypto

SEC Withdraws Suit Against Crypto Firm Gemini

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by Trump backers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

5 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

SEC to dismiss Gemini Earn lawsuit with prejudice after full investor recovery, ending three-year battle

5 wks / theblock / Zack Abrams

SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange

5 wks / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

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ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - Federal agents in Minneapolis repeatedly punched a man, forced him to the ground, and then shot him multiple times. The man was later pronounced dead. This is just the latest incident of deadly violence involving ICE, which has grown increasingly frequent…


Agent Violence & Confrontation

ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis

5 wks / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

Person shot in federal agent confrontation in South Minneapolis

5 wks / axios / Torey Van Oot


Investigations & Judicial Oversight

Judge blocks feds from destroying evidence in Minnesota shooting

5 wks / axios / Avery Lotz

Minnesota Gov. Walz vows state investigation into DHS "lies" about shooting

5 wks / axios / Torey Van Oot


Media Narratives & Public Response

Gun rights groups challenge shooting of legally armed Minneapolis man

5 wks / axios / Avery Lotz

"We’re not trying to recreate social media”: How Minnesota’s Star Tribune navigates a local crisis

5 wks / semafor / Max Tani

The day of the second killing

5 wks / theverge / Gaby Del Valle

The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti

5 wks / wired / David Gilbert

Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version

5 wks / reddit / /u/RewardEquivalent553


Political Fallout & Shutdown Fears

National Guard activated in Minneapolis after Border Patrol agent kills man

5 wks / ycombinator

Second Minnesota shooting by ICE raises chances of a partial government shutdown

5 wks / semafor / Burgess Everett

Minneapolis shooting hardens Democrats on government shutdown

5 wks / axios / Hans Nichols

Furious Democrats float national guard, government shutdown over latest Minneapolis shooting

5 wks / axios / Andrew Solender


All Other Stories

Minnesota takes rare legal steps to ensure probe of Alex Pretti shooting

5 wks / axios / Kyle Stokes

CEOs call for ‘de-escalation’ after Minneapolis shooting

5 wks / semafor / Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

This is fascism. MAGA America is like Nazi Germany Border Patrol chief praises agents who killed Alex Pretti www.axios.com/2026/01/25/m...

5 wks / bsky / @joepublic.bsky.social / joepublic.bsky.social

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino praised federal agents who fatally shot Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti, insisting without explanation or evidence Sunday that Pretti was "there for a reason." www.axios.com/2026/01/25/m...

5 wks / bsky / @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social / laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

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5 wks / bsky / @brs1621.bsky.social / brs1621.bsky.social

Some of us had a real problem with the killing of an unarmed woman, too. www.axios.com/2026/01/25/g...

5 wks / bsky / @jefferycowlick.bsky.social / jefferycowlick.bsky.social

www.axios.com/2026/01/25/g...

5 wks / bsky / @boboloca.bsky.social / boboloca.bsky.social

Right to publicly carry weapons is a centerpiece of 2nd Amendment advocacy and has emerged as a key issue in the shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, who had a permit to carry, Axios reported. Videos show him holding a cell phone, not his gun,

5 wks / bsky / @kenbazinet.bsky.social / kenbazinet.bsky.social

Impeach Noem, fly to Minnesota: What House Democrats discussed on their private call

5 wks / axios / Andrew Solender

Documenting Terror on the Streets of Minneapolis

5 wks / techpolicy

It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun

5 wks / theverge / Sarah Jeong

Border Patrol chief praises agents who killed Alex Pretti

5 wks / axios / Avery Lotz

Judge blocks feds from destroying evidence in Minnesota shooting

5 wks / bsky / @uspol.skyfleet.blue / uspol.skyfleet.blue

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5 wks / bsky / @pescado70.bsky.social / pescado70.bsky.social

The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti ->WIRED | #Pretti #IceMurder | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

5 wks / bsky / @bigearthdata.bsky.social / bigearthdata.bsky.social

Soon after the killing of Alex Pretti, some Senate Democrats who supported the bipartisan deal to reopen the government in November said they would oppose a six-bill funding package if it includes DHS. www.semafor.com/article/01/2...

5 wks / bsky / @semafor.com / semafor.com

Minnesota Gov. Walz vows state investigation into DHS "lies" about shooting

5 wks / bsky / @axios.com / axios.com

Minnesota Gov. Walz vows state investigation into DHS "lies" about shooting https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/24/tim-walz-investigation-border-patrol-shooting-minneapolis https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/01/24/tim-walz-

5 wks / bsky / @us-political-news.bsky.social / us-political-news.bsky.social

Minnesota Gov. Walz vows state investigation into DHS "lies" about shooting www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

5 wks / bsky / @mcbridetd.bsky.social / mcbridetd.bsky.social

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday that the state will conduct its own investigation into the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by federal immigration agents. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

5 wks / bsky / @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social / laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

Yes, the state of Minnesota should take over the investigation of this latest murder by ice because letting DHS investigate is like allowing the criminal to investigate himself. That’s not good. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

5 wks / bsky / @humble2024.bsky.social / humble2024.bsky.social

Furious Democrats float national guard, government shutdown over latest Minneapolis shooting https://www.axios.com/2026/01/24/ice-cbp-shooting-minneapolis-democrats-reaction https://www.axios.com/2026/01/24/ice-cbp-shooting-minneapolis-democrats-reaction

5 wks / bsky / @us-political-news.bsky.social / us-political-news.bsky.social

Democrats in Congress erupted in fury Saturday after federal agents fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, with some calling to deploy the National Guard and partially shut down the government in response. www.axios.com/2026/01/24/i...

5 wks / bsky / @rosesbloom24.bsky.social / rosesbloom24.bsky.social

#Abolish DHS! Contact your Senators to block the funding! 202 224-3121 www.axios.com/2026/01/24/i...

5 wks / bsky / @darnich.bsky.social / darnich.bsky.social

www.axios.com/2026/01/24/i...

5 wks / bsky / @darlastephen2.bsky.social / darlastephen2.bsky.social

BREAKING: Man who was shot in confrontation with federal agents in South Minneapolis this morning has died

5 wks / bsky / @axios.com / axios.com

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