The push to identify masked protesters using facial recognition and turn them in is blurring the line between public law enforcement and private groups. “Essentially the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”Police push Pro-Palestinian protesters away from a bus carrying arrested protesters at UC San Diego, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. He has forwarded protesters’ names to groups pressing for them to be deported, disciplined, fired or otherwise punished. Demonstrators walk in an encampment on the UCLA campus after clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. Soon after the election, Betar claimed on social media that it was working to identify and report international student protesters to the incoming administration.

Source: Huffington Post March 29, 2025 23:06 UTC