How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners

By: Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu — 2 August 2026 at 04:03

An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.

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In Backlash Against Tech in Schools, Parents Are Winning Rollbacks

By: Natasha Singer — 29 April 2026 at 09:32

From Salt Lake City to New York City, parents are demanding more sway over the digital tools that schools give children.

Sandra Martinez Roe, with her son, is a leader of a Los Angeles parents’ group pushing the district to audit its technology contracts and limit the use of tech in schools.

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Undocumented Immigrants Fear Tax Data Will Be Shared With ICE

By: Miriam Jordan and Andrew Duehren — 14 April 2026 at 13:20

Fears that the I.R.S. could share their data with ICE have turned tax season into a gamble for people who are in the country illegally.

Many undocumented immigrants who want to file tax returns have sought the help of clinics like this one in Los Angeles.

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Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog

By: Charlie Savage — 22 January 2025 at 20:38

The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.

Sharon Bradford Franklin, the chairwoman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, was among three board members picked by Democrats who received an email from the White House telling them to submit resignation letters.

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Why TikTok Faces a U.S. Ban, and What’s Next?

By: Sapna Maheshwari and Amanda Holpuch — 6 December 2024 at 20:08

The short-form video app lost a challenge to a law that will ban TikTok in the United States if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell to a non-Chinese company. It has pledged to appeal to the Supreme Court.

TikTok has long denied allegations that it puts sensitive user data into the hands of the Chinese government.

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U.S. to Ask Court to Reauthorize Disputed Surveillance Program for a Year

By: Charlie Savage — 28 February 2024 at 22:18

As Congress stalls in considering an expiring warrantless surveillance law known as Section 702, the Biden administration has decided not to risk a lapse.

The law allows the government to collect communications of intelligence targets without individualized warrants.

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At Meta, Millions of Underage Users Were an ‘Open Secret,’ States Say

By: Natasha Singer — 26 November 2023 at 00:16

Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint.

People exchanging Instagram codes. A legal complaint against Instagram’s parent, Meta, contends that the company for years “coveted and pursued” users under the age of 13.