Tracking US Surveillance Technology — Past, Present & Future
A comprehensive research dashboard monitoring the evolution, deployment, and resistance to surveillance technology across the United States. From post-9/11 mass surveillance programs to AI-powered predictive policing and facial recognition — and the movements fighting back.
Current surveillance deployments, pending legislation, and emerging technologies being rolled out across the US.
100+ documented cases with full timelines, ecosystem maps, and sources. Filter by status, category, or region.
Organizations, funders, and key actors in the surveillance and privacy rights landscape.
How we score and track surveillance technology cases using the Norm Change Readiness Score framework.
How entrenched is the current norm? Low threshold = easier to tip. Research shows ~35% active participation triggers cascading change.
Is majority support hidden due to social cost? When people fear speaking up, true preferences stay invisible.
How obvious are the gains from change? Visible success stories accelerate adoption and reduce perceived risk.
Has the cost of dissent been reduced? When speaking up becomes safer, participation scales rapidly.
Can this issue appeal across demographics? Movements with cross-cutting frames build winning coalitions.
Is there a vanguard absorbing early costs? Sustained leadership infrastructure makes movements resilient.
Emerging issues and intervention windows. What's building momentum right now and when to act.
100+ documented movements with full timelines, ecosystem maps, slogans, and sources. Filter by status, category, or pattern.
The organizations, funders, celebrities, and governments behind every movement. Click any entity to see all connected movements.
Full methodology behind the NCRS framework and how each dimension is scored.
MOVEMENTMonitor is a dynamic research project that grows with your input. Every movement profile is built from public sources — and some details may be incomplete, outdated, or missing entirely. If you spot something wrong or know something we don't, we want to hear from you.
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Current deployments, pending legislation, and emerging surveillance technologies across the US
New movement threads gaining momentum — earlier-stage but worth tracking now.
Key global events that could catalyze movement tipping points. Click any event for strategic detail.
Movements with the strongest conditions for a near-term tipping point. Click any card for full analysis.
Corporations and institutions that appear as obstacles across multiple active movements.
Cases from the historical record where the movement is ongoing — not yet resolved. These feed directly into future tipping points.
Current movements mapped to historical analogues — what happened next?
The Norm Change Readiness Score (NCRS) is a framework for assessing when social movements are ready to achieve lasting change — and identifying optimal intervention windows.
Each movement is scored across 6 dimensions, with each dimension rated 1-10. The total (max 60) is displayed as a percentage for easy comparison. Higher scores = closer to or past tipping point.
Research into successful norm changes consistently surfaces six dimensions. Movements rarely succeed without strength in at least four. When all six are present, intervention windows open for coordinated action.
The trigger doesn't create the conditions — the conditions determine when the trigger ignites. Build conditions relentlessly; be ready to amplify when the trigger comes.
This dashboard synthesizes research from academic literature on social movements (Chenoweth, Tarrow, McAdam), historical case analysis, and real-time tracking of active campaigns. 154 cases spanning 1977-2026 across all continents.