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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is a professor of law at American University Washington College of Law.

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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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Your Data Will Be Used Against You. data.aclum.org/2025/10/07/f...
Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location – The Data for Justice Project | ACLU of Massachusetts
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Also there is a video version. youtu.be/zQ2oS87PxeA
How AI-generated police reports could affect you | Terms of Service
YouTube video by CNN
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Reposted by: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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If you want to learn about the dangers of AI generated police reports, read @profferguson.bsky.social's law review article below and then check out the last time he joined the show!

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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
mashable.com/article/ai-p...
AI-powered security systems invite 'Minority Report' comparisons
Generative AI has become a much bigger player in the security sector. But privacy experts worry that it's introducing a civil liberties nightmare.
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Excited to “Generative Suspicion and the Risks of AI-Assisted Police Reports” in print. This is the first deep dive law review article into this novel AI use case for policing. #law #policing

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Generative Suspicion and the Risks of AI-Assisted Police Reports
Police reports play a central role in the criminal justice system. Many times, police reports exist as the only official memorialization of what happened during an incident, shaping probable cause det...
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Your Data Will Be Used Against You.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d
Analysis: For the first time, Amazon is adding facial recognition to its home security doorbells and video cameras.

The feature will be optional for Ring device owners.
Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door
For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
I should send you my RTCC and Brady article I am writing…
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Also they might be subject to legal challenge. texaslawreview.org/video-analyt...
Video Analytics and Fourth Amendment Vision | Texas Law Review
Introduction In cities across America, Real-Time Crime Centers monitor the streets.[1] Surveillance cameras feed video monitors, sensors alert to unusual activities, automated license plate readers sc...
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Folks need to be paying attention to the growth of Real-Time Crime Centers. It is not just NYC, but they tend to lead on these things. www.biometricupdate.com/202510/nypd-...
NYPD turns public housing Internet program into surveillance network | Biometric Update
Officers are now able to watch New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents through a live feed connected to NYPD’s Domain Awareness System (DAS).
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washingtonpost.com
Analysis: For the first time, Amazon is adding facial recognition to its home security doorbells and video cameras.

The feature will be optional for Ring device owners.
Analysis | Amazon’s Ring plans to scan everyone’s face at the door
For the first time, the company is putting facial recognition into its home security doorbells and video cameras.
wapo.st
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson — Reposted by: Paul M. Schwartz

profferguson.bsky.social
Your Data Will Be Used Against You
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 4d
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
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Reposted by: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Anna O. Law, Ken Caldeira , and 20 more

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NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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Same
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 5d
@wired.com has been one of the remarkable bright spots of an otherwise embarrassing media (along with other upstarts like @theverge.com, @theguardian.com, and @teenvogue.com
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by Mark A. Lemley — Reposted by: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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@wired.com has been one of the remarkable bright spots of an otherwise embarrassing media (along with other upstarts like @theverge.com, @theguardian.com, and @teenvogue.com
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
But see… “The Rise of Big Data Policing.” www.policechiefmagazine.org/quiet-revolu...
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Kinda fascinating dispute. Self-surveillance camera network restricting access to police because of how police release footage. www.biometricupdate.com/202509/new-o...
New Orleans crime camera network limits police over video release policy | Biometric Update
The dispute stems from the Mayor’s directive allowing NOPD to release video footage to television production companies without the consent of the camera owners.
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Reposted by: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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Meta sent emails to 6 people informing them that ICE had served the company with a subpoena demanding extensive personal information about the users. The accounts, most notably StopIce.net, are part of a broader crowd-sourcing movement that works to publicly identify masked ICE agents.
Trump’s ICE Turns Its Target to Activists, Not Just Immigrants
ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Excited to see “Digital Rummaging” get noticed by the always brilliant Professor Natalie Ram.

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Rummaging Rebooted - Technology Law
Andrew G. Ferguson, Digital Rummaging, 101 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1473 (2024). Andrew G. Ferguson, Everything-Everywhere Searches, _ G.W. J. of L. & Tech. _ (forthcoming), available at SSRN (Feb. 17, 2025)...
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Jotwell Techlaw:
Natalie Ram, Rummaging Rebooted, JOTWELL (September 3, 2025), cyber.jotwell.com/rummaging-re...
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Not exactly a robust rejection of the term of art or the requirement that the government prove its claim.

Although, the defendant must have read my article. First raised in 2008! digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/aulr/vol57/i...
The "High-Crime Area" Question: Requiring Verifiable and Quantifiable Evidence for Fourth Amendment Reasonable Suspicion Analysis [pdf]
This article proposes a legal framework to analyze the "high crime area" concept in Fourth Amendment reasonable suspicion challenges. Under existing Supreme Court precedent, reviewing courts are allow...
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Your Data Will Be Used Against You.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7d
New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

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ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
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Reposted by: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Meredith Broussard, Jennifer A. Richeson , and 8 more

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New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Imagine a prosecutor dumping videos, digital records, and interviews into an AI model and asking it to structure a prosecution.

You don’t have to imagine anymore.
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Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social · 8d
3 companies are peddling AI products which synthesize evidence for police + prosecutors. Critics are alarmed by the new AI use case, cite potential for exculpatory evidence to be overlooked + errors to be introduced. AI shouldn't be used to put people in jail they say
therecord.media/law-enforcem...
Law enforcement is using AI to synthesize evidence. Is the justice system ready for it?
Busy law enforcement agencies are trying out AI platforms that process large amounts of evidence to help officers build cases. Experts say there are potential dangers for everyone involved.
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
This is a big story and the first I know of to investigate how AI will revolutionize prosection. Read it if you want to see the future. therecord.media/law-enforcem...
Law enforcement is using AI to synthesize evidence. Is the justice system ready for it?
Busy law enforcement agencies are trying out AI platforms that process large amounts of evidence to help officers build cases. Experts say there are potential dangers for everyone involved.
therecord.media
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Reposted by: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

suzannesmalley.bsky.social
3 companies are peddling AI products which synthesize evidence for police + prosecutors. Critics are alarmed by the new AI use case, cite potential for exculpatory evidence to be overlooked + errors to be introduced. AI shouldn't be used to put people in jail they say
therecord.media/law-enforcem...
Law enforcement is using AI to synthesize evidence. Is the justice system ready for it?
Busy law enforcement agencies are trying out AI platforms that process large amounts of evidence to help officers build cases. Experts say there are potential dangers for everyone involved.
therecord.media
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
@paulohm.bsky.social
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10d
Just as oil futures and spectrum auctions unlocked waves of investment, turning compute into a tradable commodity will be needed to fuel the AI boom.
The AI Boom Needs a Market for Compute
Just as oil futures and spectrum auctions unlocked waves of investment, turning compute into a tradable commodity will be needed to fuel AI’s next stage.
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Just as oil futures and spectrum auctions unlocked waves of investment, turning compute into a tradable commodity will be needed to fuel the AI boom.
The AI Boom Needs a Market for Compute
Just as oil futures and spectrum auctions unlocked waves of investment, turning compute into a tradable commodity will be needed to fuel AI’s next stage.
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

profferguson.bsky.social
Sounds like it will sell well at the surveillance conference.😀
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by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson — Reposted by: Andrew Perchard

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So you are saying…
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Reposted by: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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4. It still doesn't address the *root* causes of crime. Surveillance is not a theory of sustainably preventing crime or keeping people safe. Surveillance gets convictions, but do convictions lower crime rates city or state-wide? No! Put that money to things that do: housing, education, health.
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