Current Events > Dutch man using AI to unmasked ICE Agents

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An activist has started using artificial intelligence to identify Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents beneath their masks a use of the technology sparking new political concerns over AI-powered surveillance.
Dominick Skinner, a Netherlands-based immigration activist, estimates he and a group of volunteers have publicly identified at least 20 ICE officials recorded wearing masks during arrests. He told POLITICO his experts are able to reveal a face using AI, if they have 35 percent or more of the face visible.
The AI-powered project adds a new twist to the debates over both ICE masking and government surveillance tools, as immigration enforcement becomes more widespread and aggressive.

ICE says its agents need to wear masks to prevent being unfairly harassed for doing their jobs. To their critics, agents in masks have become a potent symbol of unaccountable government force. The masking, and the counter-campaign to identify agents, has prompted a crossfire of bills on Capitol Hill.
ICE agents dont deserve to be hunted online by activists using AI, said Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who chairs the Senate Homeland Security subcommittee on border management and the federal workforce.
Some Democrats concerned about the masking are pushing for regulations to make it easier to identify law enforcement officials but they still say theyre uneasy that vigilante campaigns have begun using technology to do it.
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who co-sponsored a bill called the VISIBLE Act to require ICE officials to clearly identify themselves, has serious concerns about the reliability, safety and privacy implications of facial recognition tools, whether used by law enforcement or used by outside groups to identify agents, an aide told POLITICO.
Skinners AI-powered unmasking project is part of a broader online campaign, the ICE List, that has published the names of more than 100 ICE employees, from field agents to back-office bureaucrats. Its one of several anti-ICE campaigns that have drawn attention from the media and Homeland Security officials.
ICE did not comment on the accuracy of Skinners purported identifications, but in a statement, ICE spokesperson Tanya Roman said that the masks are for safety, not secrecy and that these listings threaten officers lives.

These misinformed activists and others like them are the very reason the brave men and women of ICE choose to wear masks in the first place, and why they, and their families, are increasingly being targeted and assaulted, Roman said.
The Department of Homeland Security criticized his ICE List project in a July statement, saying Skinners efforts appear to be responsible for doxing federal officers.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/29/ai-unmasking-ice-officers-00519478

When a man in the Netherlands is more Patriotic than the fucking President.

Edit: To unmask*

good, unmask them all. cops aren't allowed to wear masks, why the fuck should we let the gestapo get away with it? plus i'd bet every ICE agent was one of the assholes screaming about being forced to wear a spit mask during covid.

Sayoria posted...

ICE agents dont deserve to be hunted online by activists using AI"

Lol, yes they do. They're using AI to stalk the rest of us. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Nazis dont deserve to hide.

If the families want to truly protect themselves then maybe they should distance themselves from their spouses or family members that are gleefully acting as secret police.

"Dutch man using AI to slap generated faces on ICE agents". AI ain't magic, it can't unmask people like that.

I am concerned for a potential misapprehension, but otherwise, this guy is doing god's work.

I ain't exactly thrilled about the AI part but I'm not gonna give a shit about the safety of any ICE agent either.

Yeah, I don't know about that. Can't imagine it ends well.

Good. These are the people who were screeching about masks being unconstitutional a few years ago. Why wear them now? Unmask them all.

This ain't it. AI is gonna potentially fuck up and misidentify an innocent person.

PissedOffMonk posted...

This ain't it. AI is gonna potentially fuck up and misidentify an innocent person.

Maybe they shouldn't wear masks then.

At this rate they're going to go back to hoods.

sfcalimari posted...

Maybe they shouldn't wear masks then.

This is coming from your heart, not your brain, unless you intentionally mean to say that it's ok to hurt an innocent in pursuit of ICE.

KogaSteelfang posted...

Good. These are the people who were screeching about masks being unconstitutional a few years ago. Why wear them now? Unmask them all.

Yea. I often wish people who are getting arrested by ICE would just reach for that mask and rip it off. They are getting deported anyway.

Cool, but I doubt the effectiveness of this method. It's AI, it could very well fabricate an entire likeness that doesn't match.

sfcalimari posted...

Maybe they shouldn't wear masks then.

At this rate they're going to go back to hoods.

Cool, and if the AI puts your face on one of the Gestapo?

Look at the ICE agents wearing masks, there's not enough there to be able to actually extrapolate an accurate face from.

sfcalimari posted...

Maybe they shouldn't wear masks then.

I don't think ICE agents are gonna be super upset when other people's faces are AI'd onto photos of them and those other people are attacked over it. This literally helps them keep their identities hidden because it creates "unmasked" images that aren't actually them.

Sounds like a fake story to promote some software

_____Cait posted...

Sounds like a fake story to promote some software

promote it to... who exactly? authoritarian governments?

kirbymuncher posted...

promote it to... who exactly? authoritarian governments?

Better question is, how does it unmask anyone. It doesnt. And like others have said, it is irresponsible if it is happening

PissedOffMonk posted...

This ain't it. AI is gonna potentially fuck up and misidentify an innocent person.

That's my concern tbh

_____Cait posted...

Better question is, how does it unmask anyone. It doesnt. And like others have said, it is irresponsible if it is happening

well I agree that he definitely should not have made this, I just don't think it's a promotion for anything I think it's a person lacking critical thinking about what they are doing

Good man