Surveillance

3 entries between July 2018 and February 2026, 1 turning point.

Turning points

  1. San Francisco bans city use of facial recognition

    The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-1 on 14 May 2019 for the Stop Secret Surveillance ordinance, barring city departments including the police from using facial recognition and requiring board approval before other surveillance tools are acquired.

Every entry

  1. Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk

    On 27 February 2026, the Pentagon announced plans to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk after a dispute over Claude’s military uses. Anthropic said it had not received formal notice and would challenge any designation in court.

  2. San Francisco bans city use of facial recognition

    The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-1 on 14 May 2019 for the Stop Secret Surveillance ordinance, barring city departments including the police from using facial recognition and requiring board approval before other surveillance tools are acquired.

  3. Amazon Rekognition falsely matches 28 members of Congress

    The ACLU of Northern California ran photographs of every member of the US House and Senate against a database of 25,000 public mugshots against Amazon’s Rekognition, and reported 28 false matches on 26 July 2018. Members of color were 39% of the errors and 20% of Congress.