{"id":119535,"date":"2026-09-23T02:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T02:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/roundtables-the-deadly-failures-of-the-virtual-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T02:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T02:05:41","slug":"roundtables-the-deadly-failures-of-the-virtual-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youzum.net\/it\/roundtables-the-deadly-failures-of-the-virtual-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US has spent billions building a \u201cvirtual wall\u201d of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreaking investigation by MIT Technology Review<\/em><\/a><\/strong> has documented over a thousand people who moved through areas watched by these towers without being reached or apprehended, and who ultimately died there. Some were even under the watch of newly installed AI-powered towers designed to spot people automatically.<\/p>\n

Our findings reveal a humanitarian crisis more visible than previously known, and repeated failures of the virtual wall\u2019s basic security promise. Join MIT Technology Review editors and reporters for a conversation examining the failures of border surveillance technology and uncovering the stories of the people who die in the borderlands.<\/p>\n

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<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: <\/strong><\/em>Mat Honan<\/a>, editor in chief, James O\u2019Donnell<\/a>, senior AI reporter, and Eileen Guo<\/a>, senior features and investigations reporter<\/p>\n\n

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