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SITS Brazil project reported in the Bahian press

Published on February 11th, 2020Uesb integra projeto tecnológico internacional Estudantes propõem soluções tecnológicas para problemas sociais, durante workshop em parceria com o MIT UESB INTEGRA PROJETO TECNOLÓGICO INTERNACIONAL

SITS Brazil team ready for departure

Published on January 16th, 2020The SITS Brazil team of the GMTaC lab has been preparing over the past few months and is now ready for departure. Tomorrow, a group of MIT grad students will travel to the Brazilian State of Bahia to kick off the second edition of Social IT […]

Leveraging the Freedom of Information Act to Study ICE’s Surveillance Practices

Published on January 15th, 2020Written by Zahra Thabet, UROP Student in the GMTaC Lab Last semester I conducted research on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, a federal law enforcement agency that operates under the purview of the Department of Homeland […]

Revealing Limits: ICE and the Freedom of Information Act

Published on January 15th, 2020Written by Daniel Grinberg Given the egregious human rights abuses of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that have come to light, it is vital for the American public and global publics to be more fully aware of the strategies and scope of the agency’s […]