Government surveillance, past and present, has been utilized to target black, brown, queer, and working communities in the interest of public safety. However, the fact remains that surveillance does not reduce crime and only further criminalizes those same communities. Eye on Surveillance is a group of community members and organizations working together under two points of unity:
How we use Retrieval Augmented Generation to counteract city surveillance expansion
Israel’s investments in spyware and surveillance technology have direct implications for us and our neighbors.
Ord. 33021, passed in December 2020, banned four technologies that infringe upon our civil liberties and have built-in racial bias, & secured common sense data protections for the 21st century.
Through two community clean up events, one in the Lower 9th and one in the Desire neighborhood, EOS and partners came together to show that New Orleans can address dumping without surveillance.
As of July 2024, EOS is seeking a detail-oriented City Council Meeting Transcriber to enhance government transparency in New Orleans through our Sawt tool. If you're passionate about civic engagement and have strong transcription skills, we encourage you to apply for this position!
Read NowFederal police oversight in New Orleans is being run by an official with significant conflicts of interest. Help shed light on this issue and sign the petition to tell the Department of Justice (DOJ), New Orleans, and Minneapolis that you don’t want your taxpayer money wasted on ponzi police reform.
Read NowIn solidarity with AFSC and organizers with the Stop Cop City movement, we urgently call for action against the development of a militarized police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta.
Read NowNew Orleanians pay surveillance companies millions of our tax dollars every year to watch us and our neighbors - the same surveillance tech was tested on Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
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