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Surveillance technology has brought U.S. immigration enforcement away from the border itself and onto the bodies of people seeking to cross it.

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A ban on protests is raising deep questions about who is considered part of the nation and what, exactly, Germany has learned from its history.

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The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is arming countries along European borders with surveillance tech and training to keep migrants out of Europe.

An underground network of wildlife enthusiasts and their billionaire backers claim they’re restoring Europe’s biodiversity. But some scientists say they could destroy it.

In small-town Kazakhstan, an experiment with the “smart city” model has some residents smiling. But it also signals the start of a new mass surveillance era for the Central Asian nation.

Librarians across the country are under threat as efforts to ban books about marginalized groups reach a fever pitch.