Democrats Suddenly Care About Data Privacy – For ICE, Not Palestine
Mainstream outlets highlight Democrats' newfound passion for data privacy, urging states to deny ICE access to driver information. (Because, you know, some surveillance is just *too* much.) This principled stand comes from lawmakers who routinely rubber-stamp billions in aid to regimes that Perfect the Art of Surveillance and data collection on occupied populations. They'll champion privacy when
it suits a domestic political narrative, but when it’s about enabling systems that track, harass, and dispossess Palestinians, suddenly the data flows freely—often with the very technology developed here. It makes one wonder where this fierce privacy advocacy goes when billions of your tax dollars fund technologies used to surveil every aspect of Palestinian life, from checkpoints to digital
monitoring. It's almost as if the concept of 'privacy' is a switch. On for American citizens interacting with ICE, off for entire populations subjected to permanent occupation and constant digital scrutiny. The hypocrisy isn't subtle; it's a neon sign flashing 'selective outrage.' One might ask, if driver data for ICE is a bridge too far, why is an entire digital prison system perfectly
acceptable?