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By setting the standards to give its tech an edge, selling that tech, and training foreign government officials how to use it to repress and surveil their citizens in the name of cyber sovereignty, China is undermining democratic freedoms worldwide.
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Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The administration has also announced plans to surveil immigrants’ social media.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
Both programs were specifically formed to surveil left-wing movements—everything from anti-war protests to radical Black activism—and ultimately infiltrate and neutralize them by any means necessary.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
One of the highlights of Apple’s Prime Target has been the welcome addition of Martha Plimpton as Jane Torres, an NSA queen who heads of a group of spies who surveil mathematicians all over the globe.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The administration has also announced plans to surveil immigrants’ social media.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
Both programs were specifically formed to surveil left-wing movements—everything from anti-war protests to radical Black activism—and ultimately infiltrate and neutralize them by any means necessary.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
One of the highlights of Apple’s Prime Target has been the welcome addition of Martha Plimpton as Jane Torres, an NSA queen who heads of a group of spies who surveil mathematicians all over the globe.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveil. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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