{"id":14686,"date":"2026-08-27T16:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14686"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:15:50","slug":"epstein-ki-ueberwachungsstaat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/epstein-ki-ueberwachungsstaat\/","title":{"rendered":"Epstein, Big Tech &amp; AI: The New Surveillance State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges speaks with investigative journalist Whitney Webb about the networks behind the expansion of data centers, artificial intelligence, and public-private partnerships in the United States. At the center is Leslie Wexner, Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s most prominent benefactor, and the question of how private actors are gaining increasing influence over state structures, taxpayer money, and economic-policy decisions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Hedges and Webb also discuss the role of Big Tech, intelligence agencies, defense companies, Peter Thiel\u2019s network, and international technology ties. At the heart of the discussion is the broader question of whether the data-center boom is creating a new infrastructure in which the state, corporations, and surveillance are becoming increasingly intertwined.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">This video was produced by the Chris Hedges Report and published on his YouTube channel on the 5th of August, 2026. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>To read the transcript of this video: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Epstein-Big-Tech-AI_-The-New-Surveillance-State.docx.pdf\">Epstein, Big Tech &amp; AI: The New Surveillance State<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>We are transitioning away from YouTube. Be sure to subscribe to the following channels to stay updated with our journalism:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>\u25ba<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/c\/acTVismMunich\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;RUMBLE<\/a><br>\u25ba&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/acTVismMunich\" target=\"_blank\">TELEGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VIDEO: Epstein, Big Tech &amp; AI: The New Surveillance State<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How the Epstein Network is Privatizing Govt &amp; Building the Surveillance State(w\/Whitney Webb) |TCHR\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2qbs91ivQmg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>About our import program: In this program, we publish content from external authors, activists and journalists. 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