Ian Carroll

Israel controls all imports and exports by land and sea, frequently cutting off electricity, water, food and other supplies to the country. They've been known to intentionally let in less calories than the population would need to survive at basic nutritional standards.

They have a two-tiered justice system, where Palestinians can be taken from their homes in the middle of the night and locked in prison without a hearing for months or even years at a time. They've been doing this since long before October 7th. Gaza is very much a Holocaust since October 7th. But the West Bank, in many ways, was just as interesting to the global surveillance industry.

They have a two-tiered justice system, where Palestinians can be taken from their homes in the middle of the night and locked in prison without a hearing for months or even years at a time. They've been doing this since long before October 7th. Gaza is very much a Holocaust since October 7th. But the West Bank, in many ways, was just as interesting to the global surveillance industry.

They have a two-tiered justice system, where Palestinians can be taken from their homes in the middle of the night and locked in prison without a hearing for months or even years at a time. They've been doing this since long before October 7th. Gaza is very much a Holocaust since October 7th. But the West Bank, in many ways, was just as interesting to the global surveillance industry.

Because although the human rights abuses, brutality and murders aren't always as brazen there, the technocratic nightmare very much is. The West Bank has thousands of cameras installed all over its shattered territories, many of which are supplied by the Chinese company that is blacklisted in the US for helping the Chinese government commit genocide against the Uyghur Muslim population.

Because although the human rights abuses, brutality and murders aren't always as brazen there, the technocratic nightmare very much is. The West Bank has thousands of cameras installed all over its shattered territories, many of which are supplied by the Chinese company that is blacklisted in the US for helping the Chinese government commit genocide against the Uyghur Muslim population.

Because although the human rights abuses, brutality and murders aren't always as brazen there, the technocratic nightmare very much is. The West Bank has thousands of cameras installed all over its shattered territories, many of which are supplied by the Chinese company that is blacklisted in the US for helping the Chinese government commit genocide against the Uyghur Muslim population.

In the West Bank, these cameras are on every street corner, Israeli vehicle, checkpoint and scattered all throughout public and sometimes even private spaces. Their explicit goal is facial recognition and digital surveillance. The facial recognition industry is booming, more than doubling since 2020.

In the West Bank, these cameras are on every street corner, Israeli vehicle, checkpoint and scattered all throughout public and sometimes even private spaces. Their explicit goal is facial recognition and digital surveillance. The facial recognition industry is booming, more than doubling since 2020.

In the West Bank, these cameras are on every street corner, Israeli vehicle, checkpoint and scattered all throughout public and sometimes even private spaces. Their explicit goal is facial recognition and digital surveillance. The facial recognition industry is booming, more than doubling since 2020.

And a lot of these technologies are being pioneered and tested on Palestinians in the West Bank, where the Israeli government basically has carte blanche to do as it will. They have a program called Blue Wolf, because you gotta sound cool while you do apartheid.

And a lot of these technologies are being pioneered and tested on Palestinians in the West Bank, where the Israeli government basically has carte blanche to do as it will. They have a program called Blue Wolf, because you gotta sound cool while you do apartheid.

And a lot of these technologies are being pioneered and tested on Palestinians in the West Bank, where the Israeli government basically has carte blanche to do as it will. They have a program called Blue Wolf, because you gotta sound cool while you do apartheid.

Blue Wolf is a database of the entire Palestinian population, their photos, their data, and comprehensive tracking of all of their public movements. They allegedly don't have drones with facial recognition yet. Allegedly. But give it a couple months and you will have flying robots constantly surveilling the Palestinian people's every move.

Blue Wolf is a database of the entire Palestinian population, their photos, their data, and comprehensive tracking of all of their public movements. They allegedly don't have drones with facial recognition yet. Allegedly. But give it a couple months and you will have flying robots constantly surveilling the Palestinian people's every move.

Blue Wolf is a database of the entire Palestinian population, their photos, their data, and comprehensive tracking of all of their public movements. They allegedly don't have drones with facial recognition yet. Allegedly. But give it a couple months and you will have flying robots constantly surveilling the Palestinian people's every move.

There are obvious concerns about AI's ability to accurately perform facial recognition on dark-skinned people. And there are numerous examples from around the world of AI directing authorities to go after the wrong person because of this. Just try to search for gorillas in your iPhone's camera roll and see what happens. This concern is frequently brought up in American policing.

There are obvious concerns about AI's ability to accurately perform facial recognition on dark-skinned people. And there are numerous examples from around the world of AI directing authorities to go after the wrong person because of this. Just try to search for gorillas in your iPhone's camera roll and see what happens. This concern is frequently brought up in American policing.

There are obvious concerns about AI's ability to accurately perform facial recognition on dark-skinned people. And there are numerous examples from around the world of AI directing authorities to go after the wrong person because of this. Just try to search for gorillas in your iPhone's camera roll and see what happens. This concern is frequently brought up in American policing.

But to me, that is entirely the wrong conversation to be having, because it implies that we consent to this surveillance technology in the first place. Jonathan Hempel sagte, This stuff is coming to America, folks. In fact, it's already here and it's definitely already in Israel. But it's not just being used on Palestinian protesters. It's being used on Israeli citizens as well.