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Top DHS Official Debunking Trump's Election Lies Thinks He's About to Get Fired
He established the “Rumor Control” website, which outlined and cleared debunked claims of election interference often pushed by President Donald Trump and his allies.
Homeland Security Funded This Game About Destabilizing a Small U.S. Town
Researchers want players to utterly wreck the idyllic town of Harmony Square so they can understand how misinformation works and how to spot it.
Why I'm Suing DHS For the '14 Words' Emails It Refuses to Release
A DHS press release echoed an infamous white supremacist slogan. DHS says any connection is a "conspiracy theory" but is suppressing emails about it.
CBP Refuses to Tell Congress How it is Tracking Americans Without a Warrant
The CBP is buying location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on peoples’ phones.
The Trump Administration Has Effectively Orphaned 545 Migrant Kids
Lawyers say they haven't been able to find the parents of hundreds of kids taken from their parents under the "zero tolerance" family separation policy.
Lawmakers Demand Investigation into Surveillance of BLM Protests
The move comes after Motherboard found various agencies flying surveillance aircraft over protesting cities.
CBP Bought 'Global' Location Data from Weather and Game Apps
New documents obtained by Motherboard provide more detail on what exactly location data firms are selling to the U.S. government.
The Trump Administration Just Gave Up on Blocking Undocumented Teens From Getting Abortions
The administration spent three years fighting for the right to stop minors, including those impregnated by their rapists, from ending their pregnancies.
DHS Admits Facial Recognition Photos Were Hacked, Released on Dark Web
Traveler’s faces, license plates, and care information were hacked from a subcontractor called Perceptics and released on the dark web.
CBP Bought 'Unlimited' Use of a Nationwide Tracking Database
A map and files obtained by Motherboard show Customs and Border Protection bought access to a license plate reader database that can locate vehicles far from the border region.
Customs and Border Protection Paid $476,000 to a Location Data Firm in New Deal
'It’s just a question of, one, is it ethical, and two, does that open up the information to being released elsewhere?,' a former Venntel worker told Motherboard.
Secret Service Bought Phone Location Data from Apps, Contract Confirms
An internal Secret Service document describes the purchase of Locate X, a product that uses location data harvested from ordinary apps.