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FBI and DHS Label Anti-Tech Activism Domestic Extremism

8/13/2026

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FBI Classifies Extremism

The FBI and DHS classified anti-tech activism as a domestic extremist category called “anti-tech extremism.”
Surveillance firm Liferaft, a Securitas subsidiary, released a July 31 report noting a shift to rhetoric against AI executives.
Hundreds protested in downtown San Francisco outside Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI offices, citing existential AI risks.
Corporate intelligence firm Kroll began selling reports on public controversy, labor tensions and executive visibility to data-center operators.

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FBI Classifies Extremism

The FBI and DHS classified anti-tech activism as a domestic extremist category called “anti-tech extremism.”
Surveillance firm Liferaft, a Securitas subsidiary, released a July 31 report noting a shift to rhetoric against AI executives.
Hundreds protested in downtown San Francisco outside Anthropic, Google DeepMind and OpenAI offices, citing existential AI risks.
Corporate intelligence firm Kroll began selling reports on public controversy, labor tensions and executive visibility to data-center operators.

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