We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. – William Casey, CIA Director 1981
A Waymo robotaxi in San Mateo, California monitored two 15-year-old passengers in real time, alerted police, and remotely steered itself to a parking lot for their detention — raising urgent questions about autonomous vehicle surveillance and law enforcement access.
The UK’s Behavioural Insights Team — the government’s ‘Nudge Unit’ — used psychological techniques to engineer public compliance during COVID-19, raising profound questions about democratic consent and the boundaries between public health communication and state manipulation.
Federal agents raided a Texas activist’s home with flash-bangs and armored vehicles, then returned days later to offer her up to $200,000 to become an FBI informant targeting antifascist networks — all without filing charges against her.