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Argentine president Javier Milei’s government has moved to expand intelligence and digital surveillance capabilities, creating units and plans to monitor online platforms (including social media and messaging apps like WhatsApp), use AI to patrol content, analyse camera footage and deploy predictive algorithms. Reports and a leaked National Intelligence Plan prompted concerns that journalists, experts, opposition figures and protest groups could be monitored. - New/expanded bodies: creation or strengthening of an AI/security unit and restoration/empowerment of the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE), with bigger budgets and reserved/opaque funds. - Scope of monitoring: “patrolling open social platforms, applications and websites,” analysing security-camera images in real time (including facial recognition), monitoring suspicious financial transactions, drone/aerial surveillance, and attempts to predict crime using machine‑learning. - Targets and language in the plan: the leaked 170‑page National Intelligence Plan reportedly allows surveillance of people who “manipulate public opinion” or “erode confidence” in government policies — wording critics say is vague and could encompass journalists, academics, economists, social leaders and protest movements. - Incidents and consequences: journalists who reported the leak (notably Hugo Alconada Mon) reported hacking attempts and attempts to compromise WhatsApp/X accounts; press‑freedom groups raised alarms and Argentina’s press‑freedom rankings have fallen under Milei. - Government response: officials have denied that SIDE will be used to persecute critics, while Milei and some aides have attacked journalists publicly. - Legal/transparency concerns: critics warn of weak safeguards, broad discretion for intelligence agencies, lack of clear definitions for who may be surveilled, and increased confidential spending that reduces oversight. Sauces (picked by GPT-5 mini): reports from El País, Buenos Aires Times, La Nación (reporting on the leaked plan), MercoPress and other outlets covering the May 2025 leak and subsequent reporting (coverage updated through Jan 7, 2026). #Argentina #surveillance #privacy #freedom #Milei