内容摘要：Karol Nawrocki, left, a non-partisan Presidential candidate supported by the right wing Law and Justice Party casting his vote with his family; wife Marta Nawrocka, center, and daughter Katarzyna, son Antonii , right, during the presidential election in Gdansk, Poland on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)

Karol Nawrocki, left, a non-partisan Presidential candidate supported by the right wing Law and Justice Party casting his vote with his family; wife Marta Nawrocka, center, and daughter Katarzyna, son Antonii , right, during the presidential election in Gdansk, Poland on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)

“If you’re here, right, on a student visa causing civil unrest ... assaulting people on the streets, chanting for people’s death, why the heck did you come to this country?” said Eliyahu Hawila, the software engineer whose company built the tool designed to identify masked protesters.But an Arab-American advocate said he worries that groups bent on exposing pro-Palestinian activists will make mistakes and single out students who did nothing wrong, potentially costing them the right to stay in the U.S.

Contact AP’s global investigative team atFor secure and confidential communications, use the free Signal appThe practice of unearthing and spreading personal information has become commonplace in the uproar over Gaza, used to harass both activists in the U.S. and Israeli soldiers who recorded video of themselves on the battlefield.

But the long-term consequences of such actions, known as doxing, were limited. The use of facial-recognition technology by private groups and calls to turn people in to immigration authorities significantly raises the stakes.“It’s a very concerning practice. We don’t know who these individuals are or what they’re doing with this information,” said Abed Ayoud, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “Essentially the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”

NEW YORK (AP) — When a protester was caught on video in January at a New York rally against Israel, only her eyes were visible between a mask and headscarf. But days later, photos of her entire face, along with her name and employer, were circulated online.

“Months of them hiding their faces went down the drain!” a fledgling technology company boasted in a social media post, claiming its facial-recognition tool had identified the woman despite the coverings.“The government has co-opted some opposition (parties) and there’s other opposition that are just tired of this strategy that’s never worked,” said David Smilde, a Tulane University professor who has studied Venezuela for 30 years. “So, what you are going to have is a partial boycott, which means the government is going to cruise to victory and can say, ‘We had elections, the opposition didn’t participate.’ It’s going to backfire on the opposition.”

Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani in Washington and Jorge Rueda in Caracas, Venezuela, contributed to this report.Follow AP’s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s top electoral tribunal on Tuesday disqualifiedfrom running in the August presidential vote and suspended the candidacy of the other main leftist contender, immediately vaulting