Interesting for all #Frontex #BorderTech nerds:
Here are the presentations of FX's 1st "Industry Day" about using #HAPS for surveillance.
https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/dokumente-der-industry-days-on-haps-2025/
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

Als Reaktion auf die #Migration von Menschen nach #Europa und #Nordamerika wird #Grenzsicherheit zum großen Geschäft. Weltweit wird dieser Markt voraussichtl. von 377 Mrd. USD im Jahr 2023 auf 679 Mrd. USD im Jahr 2032 wachsen. Angetrieben von zunehmender Anti-Migrationspolitik boomt der Markt.

#channel #manche #Ärmelkanal
#BorderTech #Surveillance

via
@corporatewatch
@openDemocracy
@TheIndependent

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/border-channel-crossing-migrant-small-boat-b2740741.html

Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’, ministers warned

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest

The Independent

Konservative wie Labour-Regierungen heben immer die Gewinne hervor, die mit dem Schleusen erzielt werden. Im Rahmen der Recherchen des CCRT interessierte hingegen, wie viel Geld mit der legalen Kehrseite des Schleusergeschäfts verdient wird: dem Geschäft mit der Grenze.

#channel #manche #Ärmelkanal
#BorderTech #Surveillance

via
@corporatewatch
@openDemocracy

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/exclusive-government-hands-private-firms-3bn-in-bid-to-stop-the-boats/

🇬🇧 Das Channel Crossings Research Team analysierte Verträge im Wert von 2 Milliarden £ im Rahmen von Grenzsicherungsverträgen im #UK.

💰💰💰 „Unsere Untersuchung enthüllt ein System, in dem Regierungen Krisen produzieren u. private Unternehmen von vermeintl. ‚Lösungen‘ profitieren.“
Dr. Arshad Isakjee

#channel #manche #Ärmelkanal
#BorderTech #Surveillance

via
@corporatewatch
@openDemocracy

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https://channelcrossings.org/2025/04/29/border-security-contracts-linked-to-small-boat-channel-crossings/

Border Security Contracts linked to small boat Channel crossings

BRIEFING Compiled by the Channel Crossings research team Last updated: April 2025 Context This briefing has been produced by a team of researchers from the Universities of Liverpool, York, Sheffiel…

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
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

🎧 Der gewalttätige Einsatz von #KI
zur #Grenzüberwachung

📻 bei KPFA auch direkt zum reinhören oder ⏬mp3-download.

@petramolnar @MigrationTechMonitor

#BorderTech #BorderViolence #BorderSurveillance
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https://kpfa.org/episode/law-disorder-december-17-2024/

The Violent Use of Artificial Intelligence as Border Enforcement; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Chris Burger | KPFA

The intersection of immigration, border enforcement, new technology and specifically artificial intelligence, is racing toward more intense and more violent border enforcement strategies that are fueled by problematic algorithms, that mostly replicate the social and economic systems of power and exclusion that western societies are rooted in. On today’s show, we’ll explore part of how … Continued

KPFA

🎧 Der gewalttätige Einsatz von #KI zur #Grenzüberwachung

Wie ausgrenzende & gewalttätige Grenzpolitiken durch KI forciert werden u. diese Praktiken ohne Regulierung durch die KI-Konzerne im Konzert zw. den wohlhabenderen Staaten global vorangetrieben werden.

🎤 @petramolnar, @MigrationTechMonitor

#BorderTech #BorderViolence
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fLIfjO8KYpYG2TgXmDhiw

The Violent Use of Artificial Intelligence as Border Enforcement w/ Petra Molnar

KPFA - Law & Disorder w/ Cat Brooks · Episode

Spotify

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