Surveillance technologies used for worker monitoring and predictive policing in the U.S

Reports indicate an expansion of surveillance technologies used to monitor both workers and citizens in the United States. At Amazon, the company has utilized AI and surveillance tools to track employee activity. These systems can monitor work speed and social interactions, which critics argue are used to identify and suppress labor organizing efforts. While union approval is high among Americans, actual membership remains low, and Amazon has faced significant opposition to unionization drives, such as at its JFK8 facility in Staten Island.

Separately, the U.S. Border Patrol operates secretive Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams (PITT). These units analyze financial data and other personal information to generate intelligence. This data is reportedly shared with local law enforcement to facilitate traffic stops of individuals not suspected of specific crimes. Critics, including the Center for Democracy & Technology, have raised concerns that such practices use parallel construction to bypass the requirement for genuine probable cause.