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ELIZA DEWEY

Did The BPD Fly A Surveillance Drone Over The Dominican Parade? They Won’t Tell Us.

We asked if the Boston Police Department is sharing footage from unmanned aerial vehicles with federal law enforcement agencies

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ELIZA DEWEY September 10, 2025
DANA FORSYTHE

Massachusetts Cops Are Increasingly Monitoring Drones, But At What Cost?

As police and civilian drone usage climbs despite a lack of clear guidelines and changing rules, authorities, advocates, and amateurs struggle to keep a close watch on each other Although drones are seemingly suddenly everywhere these days, they have been floating above us for more than a century, and actually

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DANA FORSYTHE March 26, 2025
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CHRIS FARAONE

In Trump Era, Even Progressive Cambridge Picks Surveillance Over Civil Liberties

If a city with an ACLU-backed ordinance requiring community control over police surveillance concedes to Big Brother, is there any hope for the rest of us?

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CHRIS FARAONE March 18, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

This Is How Media In Boston Whitewashes Privacy Concerns

Everyone is worried about drones until a private company gets special permission to fly them over individuals and cars in Boston

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CHRIS FARAONE February 16, 2025
BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

NEW VIDEOS HIGHLIGHT BINJ REPORTING

New videos based on our latest coverage of surveillance and the MBTA

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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM January 28, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

Drone Contractor Gets “Rare” Permission To Follow Individuals And Vehicles In Boston

When it comes to private companies working with local cops to conduct mass aerial surveillance, Massachusetts is the “wild west”

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CHRIS FARAONE January 27, 2025
BINJ ONLINE

THE BEST OF BINJ: POLICE & SURVEILLANCE REPORTING

From multiple features on SWAT raids across the Bay State to extensive reporting on surveillance and Fourth Amendment issues

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BINJ ONLINE November 11, 2024
CHRIS FARAONE

EFF AMPLIFIES CELL-SITE SIMULATOR INVESTIGATION

BINJ article provided “some of the most comprehensive information about modern CSS that the public has had access to in years.”

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CHRIS FARAONE June 13, 2024
DAN ATKINSON

FACIAL ANIMOSITY

As Massachusetts lawmakers weigh new facial recognition rules, their own guards shop for AI-enhanced surveillance that privacy advocates call “chilling,” “unlawful,” and “racially biased”

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DAN ATKINSON May 20, 2024
DAN ATKINSON

FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SURREPTITIOUS SIMULATION

Massachusetts State Police purchased cell-phone surveillance tech that civil liberties watchdogs say invites concerning violations of constitutional protections. Is it too late for privacy advocates and lawmakers to put accountability measures in place?

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DAN ATKINSON April 3, 2024
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