Wired report says FBI and DHS tracked 'anti-tech violent extremism'

TL;DR

• Wired reported that US law enforcement agencies have been monitoring what internal memos call “anti-tech violent extremism.”
• The report says listed “suspicious activities” include monitoring or photographing AI data centers.

Wired reported that internal memos from the FBI, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and local fusion centers describe monitoring for what they call “anti-tech violent extremism.”

The Wired report says the memos refer to risks tied to opposition to the AI sector and the data centers that support it. According to the report, at least one Regional Intelligence Center listed photographing a data center as suspicious activity that could identify “adversarial actors.”

Android Authority said the Wired article was based on unpublished reports from law enforcement agencies. Reporter Daniel Boguslaw wrote that “anti-tech violent extremism” appears to be a newly coined term and was not referenced in public-facing FBI or DHS documentation at the time of publication.

Related questions

• What did the Wired report say about “anti-tech violent extremism”?
• Which US agencies were named in the report?
• What activities were described as suspicious in the reported memos?